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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Of the opinions of Plato and Pythagoras concerning the preexistence of matter to
the formation of the world . X . The contradiction of the eternity of matter to the
nature and attributes of God . XI , XII , XIII . Of the atomical hypothesis of the origin
...
Of the opinions of Plato and Pythagoras concerning the preexistence of matter to
the formation of the world . X . The contradiction of the eternity of matter to the
nature and attributes of God . XI , XII , XIII . Of the atomical hypothesis of the origin
...
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But the latter Platonists look upon these as insufficient ways of probation , and
therefore argue from those attributes of God , which they conceive most
necessary and agreeable to God ' s nature , and by which the world was
produced , if at all ...
But the latter Platonists look upon these as insufficient ways of probation , and
therefore argue from those attributes of God , which they conceive most
necessary and agreeable to God ' s nature , and by which the world was
produced , if at all ...
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... and therefore to make the world from eternity , that he might have an object to
exercise his goodness on , is to take as much off from the infinite perfection and
self - sufficiency of the Divine nature , as it would seem to flatter his goodness .
... and therefore to make the world from eternity , that he might have an object to
exercise his goodness on , is to take as much off from the infinite perfection and
self - sufficiency of the Divine nature , as it would seem to flatter his goodness .
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Providence proved from a consideration of the nature of God and the things of the
world . Of the spirit of nature . IV . The great objections against Providence
propounded . The first concerns the origin of evil . V . God cannot be the author of
sin ...
Providence proved from a consideration of the nature of God and the things of the
world . Of the spirit of nature . IV . The great objections against Providence
propounded . The first concerns the origin of evil . V . God cannot be the author of
sin ...
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