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 iv
... relating to the writings of Mr. Hume and the late Lord Bolingbroke : And that the obfervations upon them might in that cafe be more large and par- ticular , than could be expected where a number of writers came under confideration ...
... relating to the writings of Mr. Hume and the late Lord Bolingbroke : And that the obfervations upon them might in that cafe be more large and par- ticular , than could be expected where a number of writers came under confideration ...
Σελίδα xiii
... relating to the unity , the perfections , and providence of God ; the worship that is to be rendered to him ; moral duty taken in its just extent ; the chief good and happi- nefs of man ; the terms of our acceptance with God , and the ...
... relating to the unity , the perfections , and providence of God ; the worship that is to be rendered to him ; moral duty taken in its just extent ; the chief good and happi- nefs of man ; the terms of our acceptance with God , and the ...
Σελίδα 7
... concerning caufe and effect , power and connection , he makes + lb. p . 251 . Hume's Philofophical Effays , p . 73. 91 . ‡ lb. p . 105 , 106 . B 4 the LETTERthe foundation of conclufions relating to mat- ters of great Mr. Hu M È . 7.
... concerning caufe and effect , power and connection , he makes + lb. p . 251 . Hume's Philofophical Effays , p . 73. 91 . ‡ lb. p . 105 , 106 . B 4 the LETTERthe foundation of conclufions relating to mat- ters of great Mr. Hu M È . 7.
Σελίδα 8
... relating to mat- ters of great importance , 1 . In mala Ha nuga feria ducunt By endeavouring to deftroy all reasoning , from causes to effects , or from effects to caufes ; and not allowing , that we can fo much as pro- bably infer the ...
... relating to mat- ters of great importance , 1 . In mala Ha nuga feria ducunt By endeavouring to deftroy all reasoning , from causes to effects , or from effects to caufes ; and not allowing , that we can fo much as pro- bably infer the ...
Σελίδα 116
... relating to his own fufferings and death , and to his confequent refurrection and exaltation , and relating to the calamities that fhould come upon the Jews , the deftruction of Jerufalem and the temple , and the wonderful pro- pagation ...
... relating to his own fufferings and death , and to his confequent refurrection and exaltation , and relating to the calamities that fhould come upon the Jews , the deftruction of Jerufalem and the temple , and the wonderful pro- pagation ...
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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
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
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.