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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... shew μὴ κατὰ τὴν ἀποδεικτικὴν ἐπισήμην , καθ ̓ ἣν ἐπαίγέλλονται Ἕλληνες περὶ Θεοῦ τε καὶ κλίσεως τες λόγες ποιεῖν , τοῦτο πεποιηκότας , ἀλλ ̓ εἰκασμῷ τὸ δοκοῦν διορισαμένες , that the Greek philosophers , in their discourses concerning ...
... shew μὴ κατὰ τὴν ἀποδεικτικὴν ἐπισήμην , καθ ̓ ἣν ἐπαίγέλλονται Ἕλληνες περὶ Θεοῦ τε καὶ κλίσεως τες λόγες ποιεῖν , τοῦτο πεποιηκότας , ἀλλ ̓ εἰκασμῷ τὸ δοκοῦν διορισαμένες , that the Greek philosophers , in their discourses concerning ...
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... shew or display it upon , God cannot be perfect nor happy without his creatures , because these are necessary issues of his goodness ; and conse- quently we make the being of the creatures necessary to his being God , which is the ...
... shew or display it upon , God cannot be perfect nor happy without his creatures , because these are necessary issues of his goodness ; and conse- quently we make the being of the creatures necessary to his being God , which is the ...
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... shew how insufficient an account the Epicureans are able to give of them from a fortuitous concourse of atoms , is a task too large to be here undertaken . There are only three things which I shall rather suggest , than insist upon , to ...
... shew how insufficient an account the Epicureans are able to give of them from a fortuitous concourse of atoms , is a task too large to be here undertaken . There are only three things which I shall rather suggest , than insist upon , to ...
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... shew that the grounds of our reli- 1. p . q . 63 : gion are not repugnant to natural reason , I shall rather um in Sen- make use of the testimony of such who professed to be tent . 1. ii . followers of nothing else but reason and ...
... shew that the grounds of our reli- 1. p . q . 63 : gion are not repugnant to natural reason , I shall rather um in Sen- make use of the testimony of such who professed to be tent . 1. ii . followers of nothing else but reason and ...
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... shew that those particular alter- ations , which are in bodies , do conduce rather to the per- fection and beauty of the universe , than are any real evils in it . But now , saith he , for the origin of those things which are properly ...
... shew that those particular alter- ations , which are in bodies , do conduce rather to the per- fection and beauty of the universe , than are any real evils in it . But now , saith he , for the origin of those things which are properly ...
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Page 361 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Page 88 - 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 102 - 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 102 - 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 98 - 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 171 - 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 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 171 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
Page 365 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 366 - 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.