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... religion as the beginning and foundation of every system of civil pol- ity , and the same method of representing the ideas of a God , of his goodness , his providence , of a present and future retribution , as lying at the foundation of ...
... religion as the beginning and foundation of every system of civil pol- ity , and the same method of representing the ideas of a God , of his goodness , his providence , of a present and future retribution , as lying at the foundation of ...
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... religion . Some may say that , in our great partiality , Plato is made to talk too much like a Christian . It may be that we have found senses higher and more Scriptural than are contained in the letter of the passages to which ...
... religion . Some may say that , in our great partiality , Plato is made to talk too much like a Christian . It may be that we have found senses higher and more Scriptural than are contained in the letter of the passages to which ...
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... religious , as distinct from , and not em- braced in , the natural , or , in other words , if penalty and retribution are terms of far more solemn import than the modern jargon about physical consequences— then surely is it high time ...
... religious , as distinct from , and not em- braced in , the natural , or , in other words , if penalty and retribution are terms of far more solemn import than the modern jargon about physical consequences— then surely is it high time ...
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... religion . Our main object , then , is to recommend this noble phi- losopher to the present generation of educated young men , especially to our theologians . The present work by no means professes to set forth his system as a whole ...
... religion . Our main object , then , is to recommend this noble phi- losopher to the present generation of educated young men , especially to our theologians . The present work by no means professes to set forth his system as a whole ...
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Plato Tayler Lewis. XIV . Atheistical Doctrine that Law and Religion were not by Na- ture , but by Art Page 135 XV The Figure Aposiopesis • · 139 XVI . Argument for the Existence of a God from Motion . 141 XVII . Soul Older than Body 144 ...
Plato Tayler Lewis. XIV . Atheistical Doctrine that Law and Religion were not by Na- ture , but by Art Page 135 XV The Figure Aposiopesis • · 139 XVI . Argument for the Existence of a God from Motion . 141 XVII . Soul Older than Body 144 ...
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Page i - Plato contra Atheos. Plato against the Atheists ; or, the Tenth Book of the Dialogue on Laws, accompanied with Critical Notes, and followed by extended Dissertations on some of the main Points of the Platonic Philosophy and Theology, especially as compared with the Holy Scriptures.
Page 317 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law, but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.
Page 317 - I'll look up ; My fault is past. But O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn ?
Page 249 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page 253 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 302 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way.
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Page 247 - whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours; "and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.