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... the cenfure which con- demns them . In the mean time , the firft Book of this Work , such as it is , is here humbly commended to your Lordship's pro- tection . tection . For to whom does it fo pro- perly DEDICATION .
... the cenfure which con- demns them . In the mean time , the firft Book of this Work , such as it is , is here humbly commended to your Lordship's pro- tection . tection . For to whom does it fo pro- perly DEDICATION .
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... such a manner , as to be moft taken with buffoons and ftory - tellers . " e Balthazar Gerard , who murthered the Prince of Orange . See his ftory . thinking thinking it of much importance to get the laugh on DEDICATION . ix.
... such a manner , as to be moft taken with buffoons and ftory - tellers . " e Balthazar Gerard , who murthered the Prince of Orange . See his ftory . thinking thinking it of much importance to get the laugh on DEDICATION . ix.
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... such a test : but that the TASTE of ridicule is the test of what is ridiculous . Who doubts that ? It is the very thing complained of . For when our taste for ridicule gives us a fenfible pleasure in a ridiculous representation of any ...
... such a test : but that the TASTE of ridicule is the test of what is ridiculous . Who doubts that ? It is the very thing complained of . For when our taste for ridicule gives us a fenfible pleasure in a ridiculous representation of any ...
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... such a thing as a Church established by law , its Ministers must needs bear a facred , that is , a public character , even on your own principles . To abuse them , therefore , as a body , is infulting the State which protects them . It ...
... such a thing as a Church established by law , its Ministers must needs bear a facred , that is , a public character , even on your own principles . To abuse them , therefore , as a body , is infulting the State which protects them . It ...
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... Such , I fay , was the general behaviour of the firft Chriftians . Nor can you plead , in your excuse , any other neceffity , than that infeparable from a weak cause , of committing this violence . The discovery of truth is fo far from ...
... Such , I fay , was the general behaviour of the firft Chriftians . Nor can you plead , in your excuse , any other neceffity , than that infeparable from a weak cause , of committing this violence . The discovery of truth is fo far from ...
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated: In Nine Books, Volumen1 William Warburton Vista completa - 1766 |
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Página 98 - ... whom they are subject, is author; only the works and operations of God have him both for their worker, and for the law whereby they are wrought. The being of God is a kind of law to his working; for that perfection which God is, giveth perfection to that he doth.
Página 273 - Polydorus tells a story from the root of the myrtle, that the barbarous inhabitants of the country having pierced him with spears and arrows, the wood which was left in his...
Página 254 - 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, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Página 57 - THAT THE DOCTRINE OF A FUTURE STATE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN, NOR DID MAKE PART OF, THE MOSAIC DISPENSATION.
Página 88 - ... have sacrilegiously untwisted this THREEFOLD CORD; and each running away with the part he esteemed the strongest, hath affixed that to the throne of God, as the golden chain that is to unite and draw all unto it.
Página 395 - In like manner, the knowledge of the Creator is on many accounts necessary to such a creature as man: and therefore we are made able to arrive, by a proper exercise of our mental faculties, from a knowledge of God's works to a knowledge of his existence, and of that infinite power and wisdom which are demonstrated to us in them. Our knowledge concerning God goes no further.
Página 291 - Orpheus is said to go to hell by the power of his harp: that is, in quality of lawgiver; the harp being the known symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous people. So again, in the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history, and the fable founded on it, blended and recorded together.
Página 313 - This people, like the rest of mankind, in their descriptions of the other world, used to copy from something they were well acquainted with in this. In their funeral rites, which, as we observed, was a matter of greater moment with them than with any other people, they...
Página 343 - For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
Página 295 - HELL, been now extant, it would, probably, have (hewn us, that no more was meant than Orpheus's initiation , and that the idea of this fixth book was taken from thence.