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 2 |
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Page 68
What is once in its being , I grant , will continue till some greater force than itself
put it out of being ; but withal I add , that God ' s withdrawing his conservation is
so great a force , as must needs put that being , which had its existence from his ...
What is once in its being , I grant , will continue till some greater force than itself
put it out of being ; but withal I add , that God ' s withdrawing his conservation is
so great a force , as must needs put that being , which had its existence from his ...
Page 69
If another then gives existence , this existence must wholly depend upon him who
gave it ; for nothing can continue existence to itself , but what may give it to itself ,
( for it gives it for the moment it continues it ; ) and what gives existence to itself ...
If another then gives existence , this existence must wholly depend upon him who
gave it ; for nothing can continue existence to itself , but what may give it to itself ,
( for it gives it for the moment it continues it ; ) and what gives existence to itself ...
Page 462
Des Cartes himself grants , That the motion continues n . 38 . till it be hindered by
the resistance it meets with ; and he saith , It is manifest that the motion is
retarded by the air , and other ambient fluids , and so it cannot continue long .
Des Cartes himself grants , That the motion continues n . 38 . till it be hindered by
the resistance it meets with ; and he saith , It is manifest that the motion is
retarded by the air , and other ambient fluids , and so it cannot continue long .
Page 465
Prinis moved always continues to be moved ; and that no - n . 37 thing tends to
rest which is ... But every thing continues in the state it was in , till it be put out of it
; therefore every thing in motion must continue to move . This is not clearly ...
Prinis moved always continues to be moved ; and that no - n . 37 thing tends to
rest which is ... But every thing continues in the state it was in , till it be put out of it
; therefore every thing in motion must continue to move . This is not clearly ...
Page 466
BUOK from itself continues in its original state , then it is not true . For matter , he
confesses , would rest , if God did not give motion to it ; and so it must continue to
rest , and there could be no motion at all . If it be meant that every thing ...
BUOK from itself continues in its original state , then it is not true . For matter , he
confesses , would rest , if God did not give motion to it ; and so it must continue to
rest , and there could be no motion at all . If it be meant that every thing ...
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