Origines Sacræ: Or, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion. To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author. Together with a Letter to a Deist. ...Clarendon Press, 1817 |
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... conceived all things to be produced by an eternal power , to the opinion of the vulgar ; which , saith he , was τὴν φύσιν αὐτὰ γεννᾶν ἀπό τινος αἰτίας αὐτομάτης καὶ ἄνευ διανοίας queons , that all things were produced by a blind force ...
... conceived all things to be produced by an eternal power , to the opinion of the vulgar ; which , saith he , was τὴν φύσιν αὐτὰ γεννᾶν ἀπό τινος αἰτίας αὐτομάτης καὶ ἄνευ διανοίας queons , that all things were produced by a blind force ...
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... conceive the bounds of it ; for it extends no farther than matter doth . So that a power of creation is implied in the very notion of a Deity ; and therefore it is a mere sophism to argue , because the world could not be generated ...
... conceive the bounds of it ; for it extends no farther than matter doth . So that a power of creation is implied in the very notion of a Deity ; and therefore it is a mere sophism to argue , because the world could not be generated ...
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... conceived to belong to motion ; and so can argue nothing . as to the real existence of things from all eternity ... conceive most necessary and agreeable to God's nature , and by which the world was produced , if at all ; so that by ...
... conceived to belong to motion ; and so can argue nothing . as to the real existence of things from all eternity ... conceive most necessary and agreeable to God's nature , and by which the world was produced , if at all ; so that by ...
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... conceiving this hypothesis to be repugnant to the text of Moses , that they conceive it to be the genuine sense of it , viz . that there was a preexistent matter , out of which God formed the world . But I would willingly understand how ...
... conceiving this hypothesis to be repugnant to the text of Moses , that they conceive it to be the genuine sense of it , viz . that there was a preexistent matter , out of which God formed the world . But I would willingly understand how ...
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... conceived that all the productions of the kinds of things which are in the world was out of a preexistent hyle : the one spi- ritual and intelligible , out of which he supposed souls to be formed ; the other sensible and corporeal , out ...
... conceived that all the productions of the kinds of things which are in the world was out of a preexistent hyle : the one spi- ritual and intelligible , out of which he supposed souls to be formed ; the other sensible and corporeal , out ...
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Page 361 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Page 88 - But love ye .your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 102 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 102 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 98 - And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 171 - 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 104 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was BO.
Page 171 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
Page 365 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 366 - And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people ; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.