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 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 33
... answer to Hermo- genes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any creatures , is from hence , that they de- rive their beings from a higher cause , who creates them in what order he pleases ; but that which hath its ...
... answer to Hermo- genes . The reason of the imperfections which are to be seen in any creatures , is from hence , that they de- rive their beings from a higher cause , who creates them in what order he pleases ; but that which hath its ...
Page 34
... answered that they are neither conjoined nor separate , but God is in matter as in his proper place , as the Stoics asserted , it is easily replied , that either then he is in a part of matter , or the whole matter ; if in a part only ...
... answered that they are neither conjoined nor separate , but God is in matter as in his proper place , as the Stoics asserted , it is easily replied , that either then he is in a part of matter , or the whole matter ; if in a part only ...
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... answered by principles different from those of Epicurus , and more rational , yet that very way of probation fails him in this present hypothesis . For what is there evident to sense which proves a fortui- tous concourse of atoms for ...
... answered by principles different from those of Epicurus , and more rational , yet that very way of probation fails him in this present hypothesis . For what is there evident to sense which proves a fortui- tous concourse of atoms for ...
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... answered , that motion did belong to all these par- ticles , but by degrees the lesser particles hitting toge- ther made up these angled and hooked particles ; I soon reply , that the difficulty returns more strongly : for if these ...
... answered , that motion did belong to all these par- ticles , but by degrees the lesser particles hitting toge- ther made up these angled and hooked particles ; I soon reply , that the difficulty returns more strongly : for if these ...
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... answer to Porphy- rius concerning the Egyptian mysteries , undertakes to ed . Lugd . give an account of these evil spirits or dæmons , and that from them the origin of evil in the world is ; for de lsid . et et c . 26 . ed . Oxon . de ...
... answer to Porphy- rius concerning the Egyptian mysteries , undertakes to ed . Lugd . give an account of these evil spirits or dæmons , and that from them the origin of evil in the world is ; for de lsid . et et c . 26 . ed . Oxon . de ...
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