An Enquiry Into the Rationale of Christianity1758 - 318 pages |
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... necessary and unchangeable , and is founded on the immutable and neceffary character of the Deity , to be the direct contrary of what it is , and cannot but be . The Divine wisdom muft become folly ; the Divine rectitude , injuftice ...
... necessary and unchangeable , and is founded on the immutable and neceffary character of the Deity , to be the direct contrary of what it is , and cannot but be . The Divine wisdom muft become folly ; the Divine rectitude , injuftice ...
Page 127
... of atrocious wickedness ; and improving continually , it might at length be- come necessary to inflict a public and exemplary punish- punishment upon the species by a general extir- pation . Sect . XXIII . Rationale of CHRISTIANITY . 127.
... of atrocious wickedness ; and improving continually , it might at length be- come necessary to inflict a public and exemplary punish- punishment upon the species by a general extir- pation . Sect . XXIII . Rationale of CHRISTIANITY . 127.
Page 163
... necessary toward the deliverance of the penitent and pitiable part of mankind , from the punish- ment to which their own faults had , in confe- quence of the original conftitution of all moral fyftems , expofed them , and from the ...
... necessary toward the deliverance of the penitent and pitiable part of mankind , from the punish- ment to which their own faults had , in confe- quence of the original conftitution of all moral fyftems , expofed them , and from the ...
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... . That is , they leave out ( if I am right ) the very , and the only thing , which makes a mediator necessary toward our our escape from the distress we are become ex- posed Sect.XXXVI . Rationale of CHRISTIANITY . 201.
... . That is , they leave out ( if I am right ) the very , and the only thing , which makes a mediator necessary toward our our escape from the distress we are become ex- posed Sect.XXXVI . Rationale of CHRISTIANITY . 201.
Page 220
... necessary in the nature of things , toward his opening the prison of death , without which his bringing mankind to repentance and virtue would have been of no avail . His dying , therefore , was neceffary : His dy- ing in the manner he ...
... necessary in the nature of things , toward his opening the prison of death , without which his bringing mankind to repentance and virtue would have been of no avail . His dying , therefore , was neceffary : His dy- ing in the manner he ...
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Page 175 - I am he that liveth and was dead : and behold, I am alive for evermore : and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 132 - And the Lord God faid, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now left he put forth his hand and take alfo of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 114 - For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
Page 171 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 114 - For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth...
Page 171 - He that is not with me, is againft me: and he that gathereth not with me, fcattereth.
Page 169 - Chrift is rifen from the dead: and become the firft-fruits of them that flept. . For fince by man came death : by man came alfo the refurrection of the dead.
Page 172 - faw an angel come down from heaven, " having the key of the bottomlcfs pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old ferpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound
Page 170 - Or elfe, how can one enter into a ftrong mans houfe, and fpoil his goods, except he firft bind the ftrong man ? and then he will fpoil his houfe.
Page 169 - As is the earthy, fuch are they that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, fuch are they alfo that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we mall alfo bear the image of the heavenly.