Origines Sacrae: Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion ... Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1797 - Apologetics |
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... doth that of Ariftotle , which attributes eternity to the univerfe , and a ne- ceffary emanation of it from the firft caufe , as light comes from the fun ; for if fo , as Maimonides well Maimon . obferves , the whole religion of Mofes ...
... doth that of Ariftotle , which attributes eternity to the univerfe , and a ne- ceffary emanation of it from the firft caufe , as light comes from the fun ; for if fo , as Maimonides well Maimon . obferves , the whole religion of Mofes ...
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... doth eat , and not void the excrement of what he eats , he will be killed with it in few days ; how can it poffibly be other- wife with a child ? If it be replied , that there is a passage open in the belly , at which the child receives ...
... doth eat , and not void the excrement of what he eats , he will be killed with it in few days ; how can it poffibly be other- wife with a child ? If it be replied , that there is a passage open in the belly , at which the child receives ...
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... doth Ariftotle difpute for the eternity of the world , from the nature of his ma- teria prima ; because if the firft matter were gene- rated , it must be generated of other matter , and fo in infinitum ; and fo he argues from the nature ...
... doth Ariftotle difpute for the eternity of the world , from the nature of his ma- teria prima ; because if the firft matter were gene- rated , it must be generated of other matter , and fo in infinitum ; and fo he argues from the nature ...
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... doth . So that a power of creation is implied in the very notion of a Deity ; and therefore it is a mere fophifm to argue , because the world could not be generated , therefore it could not be produced , unless any other way of ...
... doth . So that a power of creation is implied in the very notion of a Deity ; and therefore it is a mere fophifm to argue , because the world could not be generated , therefore it could not be produced , unless any other way of ...
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... doth not at all infer the eternity of the world , as we have fhewed it doth not , much lefs doth it pre - exist- ence of fouls . VIII . de Vera 1 , We have thus far confidered the firft hypothefis , which is repugnant to Mofes ...
... doth not at all infer the eternity of the world , as we have fhewed it doth not , much lefs doth it pre - exist- ence of fouls . VIII . de Vera 1 , We have thus far confidered the firft hypothefis , which is repugnant to Mofes ...
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afferted againſt Anaxagoras Anaximander ancient animals anſwer Ariftotle atoms becauſe befides bodies BOOK Cartes caufe cauſe Chalcidius Chrift Chriftian Cicero confider Dæmon defign deftroyed Democritus difcourfe Diodorus Siculus Divine doth earth Egyptians Epicurus eſpecially eternal evil exift exiſtence extenfion faid faith fame feems fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foul fpeaks ftill ftrange fubftance fuch things fufficient fuppofe give God's goodneſs greateſt Greece Greeks hath himſelf hypothefis impoffible infinite itſelf Lucretius mankind matter mind Mofes moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity obferved opinion paffage particles Pelafgi perfons Phaleg philofophers Plato Plutarch poffible prefent preferved principles puniſhment purpoſe Pythagoras queftion reafon reft religion Scriptures ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſome ſpeak Strabo ſuppoſe teftimony thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth underſtand univerfe unleſs uſe whofe worship δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τῶν