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 23
Whereas to make the communications of God ' s goodness ad extra necessary ,
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 ...
Whereas to make the communications of God ' s goodness ad extra necessary ,
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 ...
Page 32
A power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose , if a
passive principle or preexistent matter be necessary to the production of any
thing ; and so that Being which hath a power to produce something out of nothing
, hath ...
A power to produce something out of nothing would be to no purpose , if a
passive principle or preexistent matter be necessary to the production of any
thing ; and so that Being which hath a power to produce something out of nothing
, hath ...
Page 33
But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections
going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to
Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any
creatures , is ...
But I have already shewed that necessary existence implies other perfections
going along with it ; which is likewise thus proved by Tertullian in answer to
Hermogenes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any
creatures , is ...
Page 247
BEFORE I come to the particular vindication of the char . truth and authority of the
holy Scriptures , which is my chief design , it will be necessary to rem necessary
to remove , if possible , the common and general prejudices aith religion in this ...
BEFORE I come to the particular vindication of the char . truth and authority of the
holy Scriptures , which is my chief design , it will be necessary to rem necessary
to remove , if possible , the common and general prejudices aith religion in this ...
Page 304
I . BOOK is that all that is necessary for their support , when - they are so unable
to help themselves ? Of all things , one would not expect to find milk in the
breasts of the earth ; and it must be some very happy conjunction of the planets to
make ...
I . BOOK is that all that is necessary for their support , when - they are so unable
to help themselves ? Of all things , one would not expect to find milk in the
breasts of the earth ; and it must be some very happy conjunction of the planets to
make ...
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| Title | 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 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, Edward Stillingfleet |
| Author | Edward Stillingfleet |
| Publisher | University Press, 1836 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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