Antidote to deism. The deist unmasked; or, An ample refutation of all the objections of Thomas Paine against the Christian religion, as contained in a pamphlet intitled The age of reason. To which is prefixed, Remarks on Boulanger's Christianity unveiled and is annexed a short method with the deists, by C. Leslie1795 |
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Page 37
... also be acknowledged ? Is it thus that Mr. Paine treats the grecian and roman hiftories ? Does he , through mere caprice approve of a few , but reject the greater part , of the effential and important facts contained in these hiftories ...
... also be acknowledged ? Is it thus that Mr. Paine treats the grecian and roman hiftories ? Does he , through mere caprice approve of a few , but reject the greater part , of the effential and important facts contained in these hiftories ...
Page 58
... also refpecting the providence of God , Modern deifts are diftinguished by fome of their own , writers , into two claffes , mortal and immor- tal . ( See oracles of reafon , p . 99- ) The latter acknowledge a future ftate ; the former ...
... also refpecting the providence of God , Modern deifts are diftinguished by fome of their own , writers , into two claffes , mortal and immor- tal . ( See oracles of reafon , p . 99- ) The latter acknowledge a future ftate ; the former ...
Page 115
... also , that . us fenness are always founded on juftice and feaftern nations , fays a learned author , mous for their excellent moral maxins , My tation , from the most ancient times . Arvable of the ancient wife men among Dobylonians ...
... also , that . us fenness are always founded on juftice and feaftern nations , fays a learned author , mous for their excellent moral maxins , My tation , from the most ancient times . Arvable of the ancient wife men among Dobylonians ...
Page 119
... also , that as the latin is a dead language , it is not in a state of fluctuation ; but faithfully tranfmits , in their native purity , the writings of men of genius and learning ; from age to age . This confideration has not only ...
... also , that as the latin is a dead language , it is not in a state of fluctuation ; but faithfully tranfmits , in their native purity , the writings of men of genius and learning ; from age to age . This confideration has not only ...
Page 125
... also , rejecting his infidel princi- ples , coveted the bleffings of the gofpel , and feve- ral times , with much apparent devotion , in his laft illness , received the communion . See Col- lier's memoirs of Mr. Hobbs ; Bayle's ...
... also , rejecting his infidel princi- ples , coveted the bleffings of the gofpel , and feve- ral times , with much apparent devotion , in his laft illness , received the communion . See Col- lier's memoirs of Mr. Hobbs ; Bayle's ...
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