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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... hath no other cause either of its beginning , or of its being , or continuance , but only his will . Who fully ... hath infinite power in it- self , hath a power upon something beyond itself ; but if God and matter have it both , they ...
... hath no other cause either of its beginning , or of its being , or continuance , but only his will . Who fully ... hath infinite power in it- self , hath a power upon something beyond itself ; but if God and matter have it both , they ...
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... hath declared it to us . Now we see the world exists ; we have cause to adore that goodness of God , which not only gave a being to the universe , but continually upholds it , and plentifully provides for the creatures which he hath ...
... hath declared it to us . Now we see the world exists ; we have cause to adore that goodness of God , which not only gave a being to the universe , but continually upholds it , and plentifully provides for the creatures which he hath ...
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... no word used by the Jews is more proper to that than 7 is ; and P. Fagius cites it from R. Nachmani , that the Hebrew language hath no other word to signify such a production out III . Usu Part . 1. xi . sense . ORIGINES SACRE . 25.
... no word used by the Jews is more proper to that than 7 is ; and P. Fagius cites it from R. Nachmani , that the Hebrew language hath no other word to signify such a production out III . Usu Part . 1. xi . sense . ORIGINES SACRE . 25.
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... hath a power to produce something out of nothing , hath only a power to produce something out of something ; which is a plain contradiction . 2. If God hath a power to produce something out of nothing , either this power doth extend to ...
... hath a power to produce something out of nothing , hath only a power to produce something out of something ; which is a plain contradiction . 2. If God hath a power to produce something out of nothing , either this power doth extend to ...
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... hath its ori- ginal from itself , must on that account want those im- perfections which other creatures in the world have ; and therefore if necessary existence be of the nature of matter , all other perfections must belong to it too ...
... hath its ori- ginal from itself , must on that account want those im- perfections which other creatures in the world have ; and therefore if necessary existence be of the nature of matter , all other perfections must belong to it too ...
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