Christianity as Old as the Creation: Or, the Gospel, a Republication of the Religion of Nature. Volume 1, Volume 1Printed in the year, 1730 - 391 pages |
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... Number of traditio- nal Religions fucceeding one another ; and as far as we know , there is no traditional Religion , which , except in Name , has continu'd the fame for any long Time ; and tho ' there are a great Number of Sects , who ...
... Number of traditio- nal Religions fucceeding one another ; and as far as we know , there is no traditional Religion , which , except in Name , has continu'd the fame for any long Time ; and tho ' there are a great Number of Sects , who ...
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... Numbers in all Ages thought , that God de- lighted in the Pain and Misery of his Creatures ; they cou'd never have imagin'd , that the best Way to render them ac- ceptable to him , was by tormenting themselves with immo- derate ...
... Numbers in all Ages thought , that God de- lighted in the Pain and Misery of his Creatures ; they cou'd never have imagin'd , that the best Way to render them ac- ceptable to him , was by tormenting themselves with immo- derate ...
Page 89
... Numbers of Men who devote themselves to Exercises full of Pain and corporal Sufferings , and either wound , or mangle their own Perfons , or find other Ways of tormenting themselves ; and indeed , the Superftitious every where think ...
... Numbers of Men who devote themselves to Exercises full of Pain and corporal Sufferings , and either wound , or mangle their own Perfons , or find other Ways of tormenting themselves ; and indeed , the Superftitious every where think ...
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... Number of Sacrifices , might infect the very Air ? ' Tis probable , that the Heathen Priefts who thar'd with their Gods , and referv'd the best Bits for themselves , had the chief Hand in this as well as in all other gainful Super ...
... Number of Sacrifices , might infect the very Air ? ' Tis probable , that the Heathen Priefts who thar'd with their Gods , and referv'd the best Bits for themselves , had the chief Hand in this as well as in all other gainful Super ...
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... Number of the Gods multiply'd , fince the more Gods , the more Sacrifices , and the Priests had better Fare ; and that they might not want plentiful Feastings , the People were made to believe , that they cou'd learn their Fortunes from ...
... Number of the Gods multiply'd , fince the more Gods , the more Sacrifices , and the Priests had better Fare ; and that they might not want plentiful Feastings , the People were made to believe , that they cou'd learn their Fortunes from ...
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Page 255 - Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 333 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 268 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 278 - ... there are as real and the same kind of indications in human nature, that we were made for society and to do good to our fellow-creatures, as that we were intended to take care of our own life and health, and private good; and that the same objections lie against one of these assertions as against the other.
Page 261 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Page 275 - And the LORD was with Judah ; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain ; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Page 96 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 258 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Page 294 - The being and existence of the thing itself is what I call the original truth. A credible man vouching his knowledge of it, is a good proof: but if another equally credible do witness it from his report, the testimony is weaker ; and a third that attests the hear-say of an hear-say, is yet less considerable.
Page 95 - O Man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee ; but to do juftly, and to love Mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?