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 251
... worship afterwards . Diodorus saith , that Plutarch.de Osiris built Thebes or Diospolis ; where there was a rid . temple to the immortal God that made the world , as appears by the testimonies both of Plutarch and Por- phyry . And the ...
... worship afterwards . Diodorus saith , that Plutarch.de Osiris built Thebes or Diospolis ; where there was a rid . temple to the immortal God that made the world , as appears by the testimonies both of Plutarch and Por- phyry . And the ...
Page 252
... worship out of the hands of unskilful men , and brought them into due method and order . So that we find plainly there was religion among the people before ; but this wise politi- cian thought he could manage it better , if he appointed ...
... worship out of the hands of unskilful men , and brought them into due method and order . So that we find plainly there was religion among the people before ; but this wise politi- cian thought he could manage it better , if he appointed ...
Page 253
... worship among them before , but that Hermes caused them to be employed this way ; joining the worship of the stars and their kings to- gether . But there are two very different accounts concern- ing that religion which was first settled ...
... worship among them before , but that Hermes caused them to be employed this way ; joining the worship of the stars and their kings to- gether . But there are two very different accounts concern- ing that religion which was first settled ...
Page 254
... worship : so that the true principles of religion were not sowed by them to serve their ends , but the corruptions of it , in order to the pleasing and entertaining the senses and devotions of the common people , who they knew were most ...
... worship : so that the true principles of religion were not sowed by them to serve their ends , but the corruptions of it , in order to the pleasing and entertaining the senses and devotions of the common people , who they knew were most ...
Page 256
... worship what they de- Cicero de Voured . But Cotta in Cicero thought no man could be 1. iii . c . 16. so mad to worship what he did eat . Ecquem tam a- mentem esse putas , qui illud , quo vescatur , credat Deum esse ? But he saith ...
... worship what they de- Cicero de Voured . But Cotta in Cicero thought no man could be 1. iii . c . 16. so mad to worship what he did eat . Ecquem tam a- mentem esse putas , qui illud , quo vescatur , credat Deum esse ? But he saith ...
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