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 ix
... whole duty of men confifts in their being good members of civil fociety ; and advises , that they fhall be made fo , either by the allurements › of temporary rewards ; or the infliction of tempo- . rary punishments . † -This admirable ...
... whole duty of men confifts in their being good members of civil fociety ; and advises , that they fhall be made fo , either by the allurements › of temporary rewards ; or the infliction of tempo- . rary punishments . † -This admirable ...
Page xii
... whole amount of the fale of their land . For fuch diffimulation , one of them , Ananias , was thus reproved by Saint Peter . " Why hath fatan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghoft , and to keep back part of the price of the land ...
... whole amount of the fale of their land . For fuch diffimulation , one of them , Ananias , was thus reproved by Saint Peter . " Why hath fatan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghoft , and to keep back part of the price of the land ...
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... whole courfe of the Roman govern- ment . That though the Roman religion eftab- lifhed by Numa , was very abfurd , yet by keep- ing up an awe of a fuperior power , and the belief of a Providence , that ordered the course of events , it ...
... whole courfe of the Roman govern- ment . That though the Roman religion eftab- lifhed by Numa , was very abfurd , yet by keep- ing up an awe of a fuperior power , and the belief of a Providence , that ordered the course of events , it ...
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... whole natural tendency w as fo much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind . " § After having obferved , that " befides natural religion , there are two other parts into which christianity may be analyfed ; duties ...
... whole natural tendency w as fo much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind . " § After having obferved , that " befides natural religion , there are two other parts into which christianity may be analyfed ; duties ...
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... whole law of faith , by pro- miffing rewards and threatning punishments , which he declares he will distribute when he shall come to judge the world . " * And he afterwards repeats it , that " Chrifti- anity , as it ftands in the gofpel ...
... whole law of faith , by pro- miffing rewards and threatning punishments , which he declares he will distribute when he shall come to judge the world . " * And he afterwards repeats it , that " Chrifti- anity , as it ftands in the gofpel ...
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Page 148 - Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God...
Page 23 - I will confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction ; how mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the...
Page 131 - Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears : A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.
Page 187 - The preservation of the Jews is really one of the most signal and illustrious acts of divine providence. They are dispersed among all nations, and yet they are not confounded with any. The drops of rain which fall, nay, the great rivers which flow into the ocean, are soon mingled and lost in that immense body of waters : and the same in all human probability would have been the fate of the Jews, they would have been mingled and lost in the common mass of mankind ; but on the contrary they flow into...
Page 263 - ... a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory and honour everlasting.
Page 148 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 47 - And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed ; it fhall bruife thy head, and thou fhalt bruife his heel.
Page 24 - What pre-possession, what blindness must it be to compare the son of Sophronicus to the son of Mary ! What an infinite disproportion there is between them ? Socrates dying without pain or ignominy, easily supported his character to the last ; and if his death, however easy, had not crowned his life, it might have been doubted whether Socrates, with all his wisdom, was any thing more than a vain sophist.
Page 54 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Page 264 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...