The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester: The divine legation of Moses demonstratedLuke Hansard & Sons, 1811 |
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... taught in Paganism , bids him compare the Christian doctrine with what all the sects of Philosophy , and all the Mysteries , amongst Greeks and Barbarians , taught concerning itt : And Celsus , in his turn , endeavouring to shew that ...
... taught in Paganism , bids him compare the Christian doctrine with what all the sects of Philosophy , and all the Mysteries , amongst Greeks and Barbarians , taught concerning itt : And Celsus , in his turn , endeavouring to shew that ...
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... taught in the mysteries con- cerning a future state , I collect from the answer Origen makes to Celsus , who had preferred what was taught in the Mysteries of Bacchus on that point , to what the Christian Religion revealed concerning it ...
... taught in the mysteries con- cerning a future state , I collect from the answer Origen makes to Celsus , who had preferred what was taught in the Mysteries of Bacchus on that point , to what the Christian Religion revealed concerning it ...
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... taught , governed the world , they inforced the belief of a FUTURE STATE of rewards and punish- ments § , by every sort of contrivance . But as this did not quite clear up the intricate ways of Provi- dence , they added the doctrine of ...
... taught , governed the world , they inforced the belief of a FUTURE STATE of rewards and punish- ments § , by every sort of contrivance . But as this did not quite clear up the intricate ways of Provi- dence , they added the doctrine of ...
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... taught , that the Initiated should be happier in that state than all other mortals : that while the souls of the profane , at their leaving the body , stuck fast in mire and filth , and remained in darkness , the souls of the Initiated ...
... taught , that the Initiated should be happier in that state than all other mortals : that while the souls of the profane , at their leaving the body , stuck fast in mire and filth , and remained in darkness , the souls of the Initiated ...
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... taught in both , were equally for the service of Society ; only with this difference ; some without inconvenience might be taught promiscuously , others could not . On the whole , the secret in the lesser Mysteries was principally ...
... taught in both , were equally for the service of Society ; only with this difference ; some without inconvenience might be taught promiscuously , others could not . On the whole , the secret in the lesser Mysteries was principally ...
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Æneas Alliance amongst ancient appears apud Apuleius Areopagus Bacchus Book called celebration Ceres Christian Church Cicero civil Society concerning corrupt Deity deos divine doctrine Edit Egyptian Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis established etiam Euhemerus fable give God's moral attributes Gods Golden Ass greater Mysteries Grecian hath Hero Hierophant honour human idea infinite initiated Jupiter justice knowledge Lawgiver Livy Lordship Magistrate Mystagogue nature observed Paganism Philosophers Plato Plutarch poet Polytheism priests principles punishments quæ quid quod reason Religion rites sacred says secret Sect shew shewn speaking Strabo suppose Tartarus taught tells theology Theseus things tion true truth Virgil virtue wisdom and power words worship writer ἂν γὰρ δὲ δὲ καὶ διὰ εἶναι εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἦν θεῶν καὶ τὰ μὲν μετὰ μὴ οἱ περὶ πρὸς τὰς ταῦτα τε καὶ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τῷ τῶν ὡς
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Page 350 - For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse : because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Page 382 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 350 - Godhead ; so that they are without excuse: because that, when they knew 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...
Page 343 - I am the LORD ; and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth r I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Page 350 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 342 - Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Page 97 - Intorquens iaculum clamanti sistit in ore. Tu quoque, flaventem prima lanugine malas Dum sequeris Clytium infelix, nova gaudia, Cydon, 325...
Page 96 - His amor unus erat, pariterque in bella ruebant : Turn quoque communi portam statione tenebant.
Page 97 - ... to the head of that triumvirate, which took so many ages in forming. These are the three species of the epic poem ; for its largest...
Page 86 - Insequor, et causas penitus tentare latentes ; Ater et alterius sequitur de cortice sanguis. Multa movens animo, nymphas venerabar agrestes, Gradivumque patrem, Geticis qui praesidet arvis, Rite secundarent visus, omenque levarent.