The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 2J. Robinson, 1737 - Bibliography Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... that the Bible does not include any revealed Religion : for thus he fays , " But is it " not ftrange that God fhould reveal a Religion as of any 了 - 66 any Neceffity or Ufe to Mankind , which 16 Art . 2 . The Works of the Learned.
... that the Bible does not include any revealed Religion : for thus he fays , " But is it " not ftrange that God fhould reveal a Religion as of any 了 - 66 any Neceffity or Ufe to Mankind , which 16 Art . 2 . The Works of the Learned.
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- 66 any Neceffity or Ufe to Mankind , which is not to " be understood in any one certain determinate Sense ? " This furely could not in any Propriety of Speech " be called a Religion . And this fhews how much " the word Religion is ...
- 66 any Neceffity or Ufe to Mankind , which is not to " be understood in any one certain determinate Sense ? " This furely could not in any Propriety of Speech " be called a Religion . And this fhews how much " the word Religion is ...
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... Mankind . " This , our Author fays , was the plain Matter of Fact : And he asks , Is there any thing here of a Church Inftitution ? Any Work cut out for the Clergy ? Or any peculiar Action or Office referv'd to to them ? Chrift did this ...
... Mankind . " This , our Author fays , was the plain Matter of Fact : And he asks , Is there any thing here of a Church Inftitution ? Any Work cut out for the Clergy ? Or any peculiar Action or Office referv'd to to them ? Chrift did this ...
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... Mankind came by the Notion of Mediatorial Worship , and how they con- tracted fuch a Fondness of Interceffors as hath conti- nued ever fince . This fine Episode being finifhed , ( which our Au- thor might borrow fome Hints of from ...
... Mankind came by the Notion of Mediatorial Worship , and how they con- tracted fuch a Fondness of Interceffors as hath conti- nued ever fince . This fine Episode being finifhed , ( which our Au- thor might borrow fome Hints of from ...
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... Mankind , " both Jew and Gentile , and to enforce it with stronger " Motives , and encourage it with better Promises , " and more effectual Aids than ever had been done " before , therefore he is the great Prophet of our " Profeffion ...
... Mankind , " both Jew and Gentile , and to enforce it with stronger " Motives , and encourage it with better Promises , " and more effectual Aids than ever had been done " before , therefore he is the great Prophet of our " Profeffion ...
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Page 150 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 203 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 249 - ... persons : take ye every man for them which are in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Page 241 - When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Page 157 - MOTHER has so well instructed this way in geography," [But had she not, do you think, dear Sir, some of this good gentleman's kind assistance?^ "that he knew the limits of the four parts of the world; would readily point, being asked, to any country upon the globe, or any county in the map of England; knew all the great rivers, promontories, streights, and bays in the world, and could find the longitude and latitude of any place, before he was six years old.
Page 385 - Historico-Geographical description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia, but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary, both in their ancient and modern state, together with an entire new...
Page 443 - Is it to be marvelled at," he said, " that I covet money ? It is a horrible thing to imagine the debts wherein I am held bound. By the head of God, they amount to the sum of two hundred thousand marks ; and if I should say three hundred thousand I should not exceed the bounds of truth. I am deceived on every hand ; I am a maimed and abridged king — yea, now but half a king.
Page 254 - Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Ifaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath APPEARED unto thee.
Page 170 - Harrington, esq.; collected, methodlz'd, and reviewed, with an exact account of his life prefixed, by John Toland. To which is added, an appendix, containing all the political tracts wrote by this author, omitted in Mr.
Page 80 - A Mechanical Account of the Non-Naturals: being a brief Explication of the Changes made in Humane Bodies, by Air, Diet, &c. together with an Enquiry into the Nature and Use of Baths upon the same Principles. To which is prefix'd, the Doctrin of Animal Secretion in several Propositions.