A View of the Principal Deistical Writers that Have Appeared in England in the Last and Present Century: With Observations Upon Them, and Some Account of the Answers that Have Been Published Against Them. In Several Letters to a Friend, Τόμος 2B. Dod, 1755 - 483 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα v
... proofs by which the divine authority of the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Tefta- ment , and of the revelation there contained , is eftablished . But this has been often done by others to great advantage . And I have endea voured ...
... proofs by which the divine authority of the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Tefta- ment , and of the revelation there contained , is eftablished . But this has been often done by others to great advantage . And I have endea voured ...
Σελίδα x
... proof of Christianity , had all the conditions and qualifications which can be required to render any teftimony good and valid . Concerning the proneness of mankind in all ages to believe wonders , especially in matters of religion ...
... proof of Christianity , had all the conditions and qualifications which can be required to render any teftimony good and valid . Concerning the proneness of mankind in all ages to believe wonders , especially in matters of religion ...
Σελίδα xiv
... proof that he writ the Pentateuch , examined . The Mofaic history and laws not forged in the time of the judges , nor in that of the kings , nor after the Babylonifh captivity . The charge of inconfiftencies in the Mofaic accounts ...
... proof that he writ the Pentateuch , examined . The Mofaic history and laws not forged in the time of the judges , nor in that of the kings , nor after the Babylonifh captivity . The charge of inconfiftencies in the Mofaic accounts ...
Σελίδα xvi
... proofs and evi- dences . The law of nature and Christianity not to be opposed to one another . The Gospel not a repub- lication of the doctrine of Plato . The pretended op- pofition between the Gospel of Chrift and that of St. Paul ...
... proofs and evi- dences . The law of nature and Christianity not to be opposed to one another . The Gospel not a repub- lication of the doctrine of Plato . The pretended op- pofition between the Gospel of Chrift and that of St. Paul ...
Σελίδα 2
... proofs and evidences of revealed religion . This appears to me to be , in a parti- cular manner , the character of his Philofophical ays . And you will , perhaps , be of the fame opinion , opinion , when you have confidered the remarks ...
... proofs and evidences of revealed religion . This appears to me to be , in a parti- cular manner , the character of his Philofophical ays . And you will , perhaps , be of the fame opinion , opinion , when you have confidered the remarks ...
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abfolutely abfurd acknowleged afcribe afferts affurance againſt anſwer antient attefted becauſe cafe caufe cauſe Chrift Chriftian concerning confequence confideration confidered confiftent conftitution courfe courſe defigned deftroy diftinct divine divine providence doctrine eſtabliſhed exprefly facred facts faid falfe fame fays fcheme feems fenfe ferved feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firſt fome fubject fuch fufferings fufficient fuppofed future ftate fyftem God's goodneſs Goſpel happineſs hath heathen hiftory himſelf holy human Hume's Philofophical Effays idolatry inconfiftent infinite inftances itſelf Jews juft juftice knowlege law of nature LETTER ligion Lord Bolingbroke mankind miracles Mofaic Mofes moft moral attributes moſt muſt nations neceffary obferves occafion oppofition paffages paffions particular perfons pleaſed polygamy prefent pretended proof providence puniſhments purpoſe raiſed reaſon regard religion reprefents revelation Scriptures ſeems ſtate ſuch Supreme teftimony thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion true truth univerfal uſe wiſdom worſhip writer
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Σελίδα 62 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Σελίδα 434 - 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?
Σελίδα 10 - But do we pretend to be acquainted with the nature of the human soul and the nature of an idea, or the aptitude of the one to produce the other?
Σελίδα 82 - ... and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves ; of such undoubted integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others ; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of...
Σελίδα 497 - God will bring every work into judgment, with every fecret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Σελίδα 61 - ... there is proof against proof, of which the strongest must prevail, but still with a diminution of its force, in proportion to that of its antagonist.
Σελίδα 473 - God ? haft thou not known ? haft thou not heard, that the everlafting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no fearching of his underftanding. He giveth power to the faint ; and to them that have no might, he increafeth ftrength.
Σελίδα 625 - But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Σελίδα 352 - ... of the rants of the Portic, that we owe our virtue to ourselves, not to God. It would be equally false to say, that we owe our happiness to ourselves, not to God. But this may be said with truth, that God, when he gave us reason, left us to our free-will to make a proper, or improper, use of it: so that we are obliged to our Creator for a certain rule and sufficient means of arriving at happiness, and have none to blame but ourselves, when we fail of it.
Σελίδα 63 - But, according to the principle here explained, this subtraction with regard to all popular religions amounts to an entire annihilation, and therefore we may establish it as a maxim that no human testimony can have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion.