The existence of GodA.J. Matsell, 1822 |
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Pàgina 113
... precedence of fire is all that entitles it to the name of a cause ; and this uniform sequence of heat , is all that entitles it to the name of an effect . When we say , the connexion between fire and heat is natural or necessary , we ...
... precedence of fire is all that entitles it to the name of a cause ; and this uniform sequence of heat , is all that entitles it to the name of an effect . When we say , the connexion between fire and heat is natural or necessary , we ...
Pàgina 115
... precedence ? I confess I have none . We can , in the nature of things , have no more proof that man is a designer , than simply this : his agency uni- formly precedes artificial design . No other proof can be had to substantiate the ...
... precedence ? I confess I have none . We can , in the nature of things , have no more proof that man is a designer , than simply this : his agency uni- formly precedes artificial design . No other proof can be had to substantiate the ...
Pàgina 120
... precedence and sequence are cause and effect . For instance , our let- ters in this discussion uniformly precede and follow one . another ; whereas , we ourselves are the cause of our own letters , and these letters are our own effects ...
... precedence and sequence are cause and effect . For instance , our let- ters in this discussion uniformly precede and follow one . another ; whereas , we ourselves are the cause of our own letters , and these letters are our own effects ...
Pàgina 121
... precedence or cause in the case of human effects , and do not see it in that of natural effects . As effects are not produced without a precedence , we know just as well that there is a precedence for natural effects , as if we did see ...
... precedence or cause in the case of human effects , and do not see it in that of natural effects . As effects are not produced without a precedence , we know just as well that there is a precedence for natural effects , as if we did see ...
Pàgina 130
... precedence . This evidence is furnished in the case of artificial design , and is wanting in the case of ( what we call ) natural design . But the ar- gument is somewhat abstract and metaphysical , and I will not insist upon it . I ...
... precedence . This evidence is furnished in the case of artificial design , and is wanting in the case of ( what we call ) natural design . But the ar- gument is somewhat abstract and metaphysical , and I will not insist upon it . I ...
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Pàgina 205 - ... all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states ; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further : and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Csesar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of...
Pàgina 204 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not: but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.
Pàgina vii - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Pàgina 67 - Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
Pàgina 56 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Pàgina 56 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Pàgina 97 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time.
Pàgina 181 - Fear made her devils, and weak hope her gods ;, Gods partial, changeful, passionate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge or lust ; Such as the souls of cowards might conceive, And, form'd like tyrants, tyrants would believe.
Pàgina 56 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Pàgina 56 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.