Origines Sacræ: 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. ...Clarendon Press, 1817 - Apologetics |
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... mentioned , arose the opinion of the eternity of the world ; for the certain tradition of the world being now lost in a crowd of philosophers , whose main aim was to set up for themselves , and not to trade with the common bank , so ...
... mentioned , arose the opinion of the eternity of the world ; for the certain tradition of the world being now lost in a crowd of philosophers , whose main aim was to set up for themselves , and not to trade with the common bank , so ...
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... mentioned ? Neither can this be unreasonable to demand . 1. Because the motion of these particles of matter is casual still according to them : and who knows what chance may do ? for the seminal princi- ples themselves are , I suppose ...
... mentioned ? Neither can this be unreasonable to demand . 1. Because the motion of these particles of matter is casual still according to them : and who knows what chance may do ? for the seminal princi- ples themselves are , I suppose ...
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... mentioned , which undertakes to give an account of the origin of the universe , from the mere mechanical laws of motion and matter ; which is the hypothesis of the late famous French philo- sopher , Mr. Des Cartes . For although there ...
... mentioned , which undertakes to give an account of the origin of the universe , from the mere mechanical laws of motion and matter ; which is the hypothesis of the late famous French philo- sopher , Mr. Des Cartes . For although there ...
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... mentioned he makes to be his three elements , The first is that subtle matter which was supposed to arise from the cutting off the angles of the greater particles ; and of this he tells us the sun and fixed stars consist , as those ...
... mentioned he makes to be his three elements , The first is that subtle matter which was supposed to arise from the cutting off the angles of the greater particles ; and of this he tells us the sun and fixed stars consist , as those ...
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... mention a future punishment , or promise an eternal re- ward , were not the consideration of these things the sinews of religion . II . Which they , whose design was to undermine the very foundations on which all religion was built ...
... mention a future punishment , or promise an eternal re- ward , were not the consideration of these things the sinews of religion . II . Which they , whose design was to undermine the very foundations on which all religion was built ...
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Page 90 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 173 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim ? Mine heart is turned within me, My repentings are kindled together.
Page 104 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 104 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 379 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts , of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 100 - And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 106 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was BO.
Page 378 - And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people ; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Page 270 - And this fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion, and in them that worship or fear that power otherwise than they do, superstition.
Page 269 - This perpetual fear, always accompanying mankind in the ignorance of causes, as it were in the dark, must needs have for object something. And therefore, when there is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse, either of their good or evil fortune, but some ' power ' or agent