A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the last and present century, Volume 21764 |
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... faith he , " and that there must be fomething in the " conftitution of our system of being , beyond the known pro- " perties of matter , to produce fuch phenomena as thefe , are * undeniable truths . " He adds indeed , " What that fome ...
... faith he , " and that there must be fomething in the " conftitution of our system of being , beyond the known pro- " perties of matter , to produce fuch phenomena as thefe , are * undeniable truths . " He adds indeed , " What that fome ...
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... faith he , I " embrace very readily the opinion of those who affume , that " God has been pleased to fuperadd to feveral fyftems of mat- ter , in fuch proportions as his infinite wifdom has thought fit , the power of thinking P. " This ...
... faith he , I " embrace very readily the opinion of those who affume , that " God has been pleased to fuperadd to feveral fyftems of mat- ter , in fuch proportions as his infinite wifdom has thought fit , the power of thinking P. " This ...
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... faith he , is a queftion eafily an- " fwered . To anfwer this we need go no higher than the " moral obligations that arife in our own fyftem , and of which we have very adequate ideas . The nature of the human fyftem is independent on ...
... faith he , is a queftion eafily an- " fwered . To anfwer this we need go no higher than the " moral obligations that arife in our own fyftem , and of which we have very adequate ideas . The nature of the human fyftem is independent on ...
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... faith he , be his word , may be , and hath " been difputed by Theifts : But whether the works of God " be his works , neither has been nor can be difputed by any " fuch . Natural religion therefore , being founded on human " nature ...
... faith he , be his word , may be , and hath " been difputed by Theifts : But whether the works of God " be his works , neither has been nor can be difputed by any " fuch . Natural religion therefore , being founded on human " nature ...
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... faith on this head is for the most part very general . 66 86 As to the duties we owe to God , he obferves , that " the religion and law of nature fhews us the Supreme Being " manifefted in all his works to be the true and only object of ...
... faith on this head is for the most part very general . 66 86 As to the duties we owe to God , he obferves , that " the religion and law of nature fhews us the Supreme Being " manifefted in all his works to be the true and only object of ...
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abfolutely abfurd acknowleged afferts affured againſt anfwer antient apoftles attefted becauſe beſt cafe Canaan caufe Chrift Chriftian confequence confideration confidered confiftent conftitution defign deftroy diftinct doctrine endeavour eſpecially eſtabliſhed evidence exprefly facred fafely faid falfe fame fays feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fome fubftance fubject fuch fufferings fufficient fuppofe future ftate fyftem ginal Gofpel goodneſs greateſt happineſs hath heathen hiftory higheſt himſelf holy human idolatry Ifraelites inftances inftitutions inftruct interefts itſelf Japheth Jefus Jews juft juſt knowlege law of nature Lord Bolingbroke manifeft mankind miracles Mofaic moft moral moſt muſt nations neceffary obferves occafion paffages paffions perfons philofophers pleaſed poffibly polygamy prefent preferved pretended proof publiſhed puniſhments purpoſe reafon regard religion reprefented revelation ſcheme Scriptures ſhall ſtate Teftament teftimony thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thofe facts thoſe tion true truth univerfal uſe virtue wiſdom worſhip writings
Popular passages
Page 231 - And I will kill her children with death ; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts : and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Page 428 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is 'turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 119 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Page 427 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 426 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Page 157 - God will bring every work into judgment, with every fecret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Page 220 - My ground and belief is, that there is but one God and one mediator between God and man...
Page 417 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 111 - I hold that all laws or compacts imposing any such condition upon any human being are absolutely void, because contrary to the law of nature, which is the law of God, by which he makes his ways known to man, and is paramount to all human control.
Page 308 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.