A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the last and present century, Volume 21764 |
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... offered any thing that is of force fufficient to invalidate a doctrine , the belief of which he himfelf acknowleges to be of great ufe to mankind . As to that which lies at the foundation of his fcheme , viz . his denying that the foul ...
... offered any thing that is of force fufficient to invalidate a doctrine , the belief of which he himfelf acknowleges to be of great ufe to mankind . As to that which lies at the foundation of his fcheme , viz . his denying that the foul ...
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... offered any thing to fhew the abfurdity of this fup- pofition , except by calling fuch a vehicle the shirt of the foul , and talking of the foul's flying away in its fbirt into the open fields of heaven : Which may , for aught I know ...
... offered any thing to fhew the abfurdity of this fup- pofition , except by calling fuch a vehicle the shirt of the foul , and talking of the foul's flying away in its fbirt into the open fields of heaven : Which may , for aught I know ...
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... offered , that there is a real foundation in reason for the doctrine of the foul's immortality , and that therefore there is no need to refolve it , as this writer feems willing to do , into the pride of the human heart . It is his own ...
... offered , that there is a real foundation in reason for the doctrine of the foul's immortality , and that therefore there is no need to refolve it , as this writer feems willing to do , into the pride of the human heart . It is his own ...
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... offered to destroy the moral arguments ufually brought for it from the supposed unequal diftributions of this present state . He fets himself at great length to prove that the fuppofition is abfolutely falfe and groundless ; that it is ...
... offered to destroy the moral arguments ufually brought for it from the supposed unequal diftributions of this present state . He fets himself at great length to prove that the fuppofition is abfolutely falfe and groundless ; that it is ...
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... offered with fo much pomp for vindicating the proceedings of divine providence in the prefent conftitution of things , hath nothing in it that can be called new , or which had not been faid as well , or better , by Christian divines and ...
... offered with fo much pomp for vindicating the proceedings of divine providence in the prefent conftitution of things , hath nothing in it that can be called new , or which had not been faid as well , or better , by Christian divines and ...
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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.