Discourses Relating to the Evidence of Revealed Religion ...J. Johnson, 1796 |
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... fyftem but through want of reflection , ti- " midity , paffion , or obftinacy . Time , expe- " rience , and an impartial examination of our " ideas , will undeceive us . Voltaire , who < c was long the apostle of theism , professed to ...
... fyftem but through want of reflection , ti- " midity , paffion , or obftinacy . Time , expe- " rience , and an impartial examination of our " ideas , will undeceive us . Voltaire , who < c was long the apostle of theism , professed to ...
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... fyftem of devotion , in the midft " of a wild polytheism , inhuman or obscene " rites , and a dark labyrinth of errors , pro- " duced by ignorance , and fupported by inte * refted fraud . Theological inquiries , " he adds , " are no ...
... fyftem of devotion , in the midft " of a wild polytheism , inhuman or obscene " rites , and a dark labyrinth of errors , pro- " duced by ignorance , and fupported by inte * refted fraud . Theological inquiries , " he adds , " are no ...
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... fyftem , whatever it be , which best promotes this great end is , for that reason , the best ; and if the two schemes be equally adapted to gain the fame end , they are exactly of equal value . Religion itself is only a means , or ...
... fyftem , whatever it be , which best promotes this great end is , for that reason , the best ; and if the two schemes be equally adapted to gain the fame end , they are exactly of equal value . Religion itself is only a means , or ...
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... fyftem , which they represent as perfectly innocent , and not at all unfavourable to purity of morals , their festivals , as Voltaire fays , being only seasons of rejoicing , which could not be prejudicial to mankind . This would be ...
... fyftem , which they represent as perfectly innocent , and not at all unfavourable to purity of morals , their festivals , as Voltaire fays , being only seasons of rejoicing , which could not be prejudicial to mankind . This would be ...
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... fyftem of revelation , and those by which perfons who have no knowledge of antiquity are most liable to be impreffed , are those which relate to the Jewish religion , and the books of the Old Testament , with which the generality of ...
... fyftem of revelation , and those by which perfons who have no knowledge of antiquity are most liable to be impreffed , are those which relate to the Jewish religion , and the books of the Old Testament , with which the generality of ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 95 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Página 95 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Página 200 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Página 90 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
Página 96 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Página 214 - And they forsook the Lord GOD of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed" themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Página 261 - ... and Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: and he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Página 267 - LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods!
Página 48 - God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Página 90 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.