Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 48
... of the origin of the universe without a Deity ? This motion of descent , by reason of the gravity of atoms , would not serve his turn ; for if the atoms II . moved downwards thus in a parallel line , 48 ORIGINES SACRÆ .
... of the origin of the universe without a Deity ? This motion of descent , by reason of the gravity of atoms , would not serve his turn ; for if the atoms II . moved downwards thus in a parallel line , 48 ORIGINES SACRÆ .
Page 58
... serve to cut off all angles which are supposed in them , by their frequent occursions against each other ; and so when the angles were cut off , they would become sphe- rical . 3. He supposeth that no space is left empty ; but when ...
... serve to cut off all angles which are supposed in them , by their frequent occursions against each other ; and so when the angles were cut off , they would become sphe- rical . 3. He supposeth that no space is left empty ; but when ...
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... serve his hypothesis well , though he did assert the being of an excellent nature , which he called God , while yet he made him sit as it were with his elbows folded up in the heavens , and taking no cognizance of human actions . For he ...
... serve his hypothesis well , though he did assert the being of an excellent nature , which he called God , while yet he made him sit as it were with his elbows folded up in the heavens , and taking no cognizance of human actions . For he ...
Page 65
... serve God for their own ends , as CHAP . they say , are apt to have ) to reward and punishment . And I much doubt that good woman whom the story goes of , who in an enthusiastic posture ran up and down the streets with emblems in her ...
... serve God for their own ends , as CHAP . they say , are apt to have ) to reward and punishment . And I much doubt that good woman whom the story goes of , who in an enthusiastic posture ran up and down the streets with emblems in her ...
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... serve for all the noted and common phenomena of the world , have called in the help of a spirit of nature , which may serve instead of a man - midwife to matter , to help her in her production of things : or , as though God had a ...
... serve for all the noted and common phenomena of the world , have called in the help of a spirit of nature , which may serve instead of a man - midwife to matter , to help her in her production of things : or , as though God had a ...
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