The Works of Richard Bentley, D. D.F. Macpherson, 1838 - Classical poetry |
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1st ed absurd affirm Alex allow ancient animals answer apostles argument Atheist atoms believe Bentley body Cato censor chance chaos CHAPELLE Christ Christian church Cicero clergy Codd common copies Copt Deest Deists 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 planets Plato Plutarch Popery present pretended priests prove 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 vulgar Latin Vulgate whole wisdom words writer Zosimus καὶ τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 282 - 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 32 - 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 173 - 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 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 28 - For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Page 241 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 532 - Atinas sustentant aciem. Circum hos utrimque phalanges stant densae, strictisque seges mucronibus horret ferrea: tu currum deserto in gramine versas.' Obstupuit varia confusus imagine rerum 665 Turnus et obtutu tacito stetit. Aestuat ingens uno in corde pudor mixtoque insania luctu et furiis agitatus amor et conscia virtus.
Page 31 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 172 - 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 203 - When I wrote my Treatise about our System *, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.