The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Gloucester: In Seven Volumes. ...John Nichols: and sold by T. Cadell, in the Strand., 1788 - Religion |
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... shall at once practise the charity I profess , and justify the opinion I have paffed upon you . Your writers , I fpeak it , Gentlemen , to your honour , offer your confiderations to the world , either under the character of petitioners ...
... shall at once practise the charity I profess , and justify the opinion I have paffed upon you . Your writers , I fpeak it , Gentlemen , to your honour , offer your confiderations to the world , either under the character of petitioners ...
Page xxxiv
... shall beg leave to con- clude my long addrefs unto you . He tells us then , that at what time their Deity , the NILE , re- turns into his ancient channel ; and the husbandman hath com- mitted the good feed to the opening glebe , it was ...
... shall beg leave to con- clude my long addrefs unto you . He tells us then , that at what time their Deity , the NILE , re- turns into his ancient channel ; and the husbandman hath com- mitted the good feed to the opening glebe , it was ...
Page xxxvii
... shall give it a ferious anfwer . For how , I pray , comes it to pass , that to afk , whether ridicule be a teft of truth , is the fame thing as to ask whether that which is ridiculous can be morally true ? As if , whatever thing the ...
... shall give it a ferious anfwer . For how , I pray , comes it to pass , that to afk , whether ridicule be a teft of truth , is the fame thing as to ask whether that which is ridiculous can be morally true ? As if , whatever thing the ...
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... shall be esteem- ed , by moft , à prejudice against it : of which , I fuppofe , the fub- ject of the following discourse will afford a remarkable example . And And no wonder , that a Religion of divine original SECT . I. OF MOSES ...
... shall be esteem- ed , by moft , à prejudice against it : of which , I fuppofe , the fub- ject of the following discourse will afford a remarkable example . And And no wonder , that a Religion of divine original SECT . I. OF MOSES ...
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... shall be obliged to ftretch the inquiry high and wide . But this , always , with an eye to the direction of our great master of reafon † , to endeavour , throughout the body of this difcourfe , that every former part may give ftrength ...
... shall be obliged to ftretch the inquiry high and wide . But this , always , with an eye to the direction of our great master of reafon † , to endeavour , throughout the body of this difcourfe , that every former part may give ftrength ...
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Page 50 - A FUTURE STATE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS, IS NECESSARY TO THE WELL-BEING OF CIVIL SOCIETY. 2. THAT ALL MANKIND, ESPECIALLY THE MOST WISE AND LEARNED NATIONS OF ANTIQUITY, HAVE CONCURRED IN BELIEVING AND TEACHING, THAT THIS DOCTRINE WAS OF SUCH USE TO CIVIL SOCIETY.
Page 231 - Polydorus tells a story from the root of the myrtle, that the barbarous inhabitants of the country having pierced him with spears and arrows, the wood which was left in his...
Page 51 - That the doctrine of a future state of rewards and punishments is not to be found in, nor did make part of, the Mosaic dispensation.
Page 290 - But this scene once over, a miraculous and divine light displays itself, and shining plains, and flowery meadows, open on all hands before them. Here they are entertained with hymns and dances, with the sublime doctrines of faithful knowledge, and with reverend and holy visions.
Page 78 - ... have sacrilegiously untwisted this THREEFOLD CORD; and each running away with the part he esteemed the strongest, hath affixed that to the throne of God, as the golden chain that is to unite and draw all unto it.
Page 290 - THE FIRST STAGE IS NOTHING BUT ERRORS AND UNCERTAINTIES ; LABORIOUS WANDERINGS ; A RUDE AND FEARFUL MARCH THROUGH NIGHT AND DARKNESS. AND) NOW ARRIVED ON THE VERGE OF DEATH AND INITIATION, EVERY THING WEARS A DREADFUL ASPECT : IT IS ALL HORROR, TREMBLING, SWEATING, AND AFFRIGHTMENT. BUT THIS SCENE ONCE OVER, A MIRACULOUS AND DIVINE LIGHT DISPLAYS ITSELF ; AND SHINING PLAINS AND FLOWERY MEADOWS OPEN ON ALL HANDS BEFORE THEM.
Page 288 - Has omnes, ubi mille rotam volvere per annos, " Lethaeum ad fluvium deus evocat agmine magno, •' Scilicet immemores supera ut convexa revisant, 750 " Rursus et incipiant in corpora velle reverti.
Page 184 - The fabulous Gods being thus routed, the supreme cause of all things naturally took their place. HIM they were taught to consider as the Creator of the Universe, who pervaded all things by his virtue, and governed all by his power.
Page 264 - This people, like the rest of mankind, in their descriptions of the other world, used to copy from something they were well acquainted with in this. In their funeral rites, which, as we observed, was a matter of greater moment with them than with any other people, they...
Page 307 - Hail, great physician of the world, all hail; Hail, mighty infant, who, in years to come Shalt heal the nations and defraud the tomb; Swift be thy growth ! thy triumphs unconfin'd ! Make kingdoms thicker, and increase mankind.