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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... concerning the fe of ridicule , proceeds against what is here faid , in the fol- lowing manner " This difpute has produced a celebrated question , Whether Ridicule be , or be not , a teft of Truth ? Which ( fays he ) ftated in ACCURATE ...
... concerning the fe of ridicule , proceeds against what is here faid , in the fol- lowing manner " This difpute has produced a celebrated question , Whether Ridicule be , or be not , a teft of Truth ? Which ( fays he ) ftated in ACCURATE ...
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... concerning life , what the right notion is , and what I am to ftand to upon occafion ; that I may not , when life feems retiring , or has run itself out to the very dregs Cry VANITY ! Condemn the WORLD , and at the fame time com- plain ...
... concerning life , what the right notion is , and what I am to ftand to upon occafion ; that I may not , when life feems retiring , or has run itself out to the very dregs Cry VANITY ! Condemn the WORLD , and at the fame time com- plain ...
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... concerning human understanding ; who , though confum- mate in the learning of the Schools , yet happened at that time to apply his principles fo very aukwardly , as gave our Philofopher the most inviting opportunity of turning them ...
... concerning human understanding ; who , though confum- mate in the learning of the Schools , yet happened at that time to apply his principles fo very aukwardly , as gave our Philofopher the most inviting opportunity of turning them ...
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... concerning the Ufe of Reafon , he thinks fit to difcredit the doctrine of the ever bleffed Trinity , and other myfteries of the Chriftian Faith , reprefents hu- • Difcourfe of Free - thinking , p . 157 + Discourse of Free - thinking , p ...
... concerning the Ufe of Reafon , he thinks fit to difcredit the doctrine of the ever bleffed Trinity , and other myfteries of the Chriftian Faith , reprefents hu- • Difcourfe of Free - thinking , p . 157 + Discourse of Free - thinking , p ...
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... - See the difcourfe called Nazarenus - An Epiftolary Difcourfe concerning the Immor- tality of the Soul.Differtationes Cyprianicæ , & c . + Hooker . your vour to prove , from the nature of man , 52 BOOK I. THE DIVINE LEGATION.
... - See the difcourfe called Nazarenus - An Epiftolary Difcourfe concerning the Immor- tality of the Soul.Differtationes Cyprianicæ , & c . + Hooker . your vour to prove , from the nature of man , 52 BOOK I. THE DIVINE LEGATION.
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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.