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 85
... means of instruction and knowledge decayed ; and so as the phenomena grew greater , the reason of them was less understood ; the knowledge of the history of the first ages of the world , through which they could alone come to the full ...
... means of instruction and knowledge decayed ; and so as the phenomena grew greater , the reason of them was less understood ; the knowledge of the history of the first ages of the world , through which they could alone come to the full ...
Page 90
... pulled man back , and put him quite out of his way , by which means all the miseries of the world came into it for while man kept close to his Maker , his in- III . tegrity and obedience were to him what the 90 ORIGINES SACRE .
... pulled man back , and put him quite out of his way , by which means all the miseries of the world came into it for while man kept close to his Maker , his in- III . tegrity and obedience were to him what the 90 ORIGINES SACRE .
Page 91
... means evil came into the world , this gave occasion to the heathens , when length of time had made the original tradition more obscure , to make these two , God and the Demon , as two anti- gods ; and so to be the causes , the one of ...
... means evil came into the world , this gave occasion to the heathens , when length of time had made the original tradition more obscure , to make these two , God and the Demon , as two anti- gods ; and so to be the causes , the one of ...
Page 92
... means the Marcionists and Valentinians ; but it seems more probable that Manes had his doc- trine immediately from his countrymen , though it be generally thought that Scythianus and Buddas were his masters in it . But from whomsoever ...
... means the Marcionists and Valentinians ; but it seems more probable that Manes had his doc- trine immediately from his countrymen , though it be generally thought that Scythianus and Buddas were his masters in it . But from whomsoever ...
Page 94
... means not only all religion , but all virtue and goodness will be taken out of the world , if this prin- ciple be infinite ; and if not infinite , no anti - god and not only so , but all difference of good and evil will be taken away ...
... means not only all religion , but all virtue and goodness will be taken out of the world , if this prin- ciple be infinite ; and if not infinite , no anti - god and not only so , but all difference of good and evil will be taken away ...
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