The existence of GodA.J. Matsell, 1822 - Bible |
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... man who merely reads a controversial work written by one of the parties , reads thoroughly on the subject ; nor is he fully qualified by that course of reading to defend a cause . Were he to grapple with an antagonist , he would find ...
... man who merely reads a controversial work written by one of the parties , reads thoroughly on the subject ; nor is he fully qualified by that course of reading to defend a cause . Were he to grapple with an antagonist , he would find ...
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... , is to me an argument in its favour . Were all things in accordance with the limited wisdom of man , there would be reason to suppose that they were not contrived by wisdom superior to his , and consequently , EXISTENCE OF GOD . 11.
... , is to me an argument in its favour . Were all things in accordance with the limited wisdom of man , there would be reason to suppose that they were not contrived by wisdom superior to his , and consequently , EXISTENCE OF GOD . 11.
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... man , he acts , in some cases , dif- ferently from a man . And where we can see nothing but works similar to those of children , there is reason to sup- pose , that men did not do them . So , if the universe were in accordance with the ...
... man , he acts , in some cases , dif- ferently from a man . And where we can see nothing but works similar to those of children , there is reason to sup- pose , that men did not do them . So , if the universe were in accordance with the ...
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... man , exist , throughout space . One may , or a million may , so exist . They may take cognizance of man's actions . They may influence his destiny . I deny it not ; I affirm it not . This is no evasion of the argument . There may be ...
... man , exist , throughout space . One may , or a million may , so exist . They may take cognizance of man's actions . They may influence his destiny . I deny it not ; I affirm it not . This is no evasion of the argument . There may be ...
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... man's heart , not an impulse of his will ; there is not a sensation he experiences , not an idea he forms , that is ... man so charactered or so circumstanced , he would not have so organized or so placed him . I ask you then : What are ...
... man's heart , not an impulse of his will ; there is not a sensation he experiences , not an idea he forms , that is ... man so charactered or so circumstanced , he would not have so organized or so placed him . I ask you then : What are ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 56 - And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.