The works of Richard Bentley, collected and ed. by A. Dyce, Volume 31838 |
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1st ed absurd affirm Alex allow ancient animals apostles argument Atheist atoms believe Bentley body Cato censor chance chaos Christian church Cicero clergy Codd common copies Copt Deest Deists Deity Discourse see note divine doctrine doth earth edition Epicureans Epicurus eternal Father free-thinking French translation Frip give gods Gospel gravity Greek haruspex haruspices hath heathen heaven honour human infinite Jupiter Laërt Laïque Latin learned letter live Lucan mankind matter Messias motion nature never omnes opinion orbs original pagan particles passage philosophers planets Plato Plutarch poets Popery present pretended priests quæ quod reason religion Remarks Richard Bentley says Scripture sect sense shew soul superstition supposed Testament thing thought Timon tion true universal Varro verse vulgar Latin Vulgate whole wisdom words writer Zosimus καὶ καὶ ὁ τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 30 - ... that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Page 270 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 161 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 2 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 202 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 26 - Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Page 26 - For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
Page 31 - But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Page 160 - Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name, evermore praising Thee and saying, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Glory be to Thee, O LORD MOST HIGH.
Page 50 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...