Vindiciae Christianae: a Comparative Estimate of the Genius and Temper of the Greek, the Roman, the Hindu, the Mahometan, and the Christian ReligionsT. Cadell, 1826 - 682 pages |
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... deities , a celestial triad of wisdom , of goodness , and of power . The subtle and reflecting Hume , while he rejected the Gospel , has admitted the probability of a religion of twenty thousand gods * . And even the plain and not un ...
... deities , a celestial triad of wisdom , of goodness , and of power . The subtle and reflecting Hume , while he rejected the Gospel , has admitted the probability of a religion of twenty thousand gods * . And even the plain and not un ...
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... deities into subordinate and ministring deputies of his providence and of his power . The religions of the Bramin and of the Mahometan have not been denied their portions of favour and applause . The first was embraced and adopted by ...
... deities into subordinate and ministring deputies of his providence and of his power . The religions of the Bramin and of the Mahometan have not been denied their portions of favour and applause . The first was embraced and adopted by ...
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... Deities even of the highest class vitious and con- temptible - Pernicious example - The mingled levity and reverence of popular belief - Ludicrous impiety of the stage - The doctrine of the schools - Zeno , Epicurus , Plato - Learned ...
... Deities even of the highest class vitious and con- temptible - Pernicious example - The mingled levity and reverence of popular belief - Ludicrous impiety of the stage - The doctrine of the schools - Zeno , Epicurus , Plato - Learned ...
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... deities , the easy creation of fear and hope , were scarcely deemed sufficient for the hierarchy of heaven . Of these deities , so numerous that it was said to be easier to find a god than a man * , and so framed as to correspond with ...
... deities , the easy creation of fear and hope , were scarcely deemed sufficient for the hierarchy of heaven . Of these deities , so numerous that it was said to be easier to find a god than a man * , and so framed as to correspond with ...
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... deities uncertain and variable in their individual character , but divided and subdivided into factions , at once hostile to each other , and to the welfare of mankind . He who preferred the power of beauty , was to incense the jealous ...
... deities uncertain and variable in their individual character , but divided and subdivided into factions , at once hostile to each other , and to the welfare of mankind . He who preferred the power of beauty , was to incense the jealous ...
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absurd admitted Æneid afflicted afforded Almighty altar announced attributes authority beauty behold blessings blood Bramin calamity celestial character Christ Christian Cicero consolation contemplate Corinth corrupt creed crime death degraded deities Deor devotion disciples divine doctrines duty earth efficacy Elysium Epicurus equally eternal Euripides evil exercise faith fanaticism fancy favour feeble felicity glory gods Gospel Greece Greek guilt heart heaven Hesiod Hindu holy hope human Iliad immortal impurity indulged infidel instructed interposition Jupiter justice kindle Koran legislator libertinism Mahomet mankind manner ment mercy mighty mingled moral multitude nature oblations passions perfect perpetually philosopher piety Plato Plutarch poet Polytheism precepts priest prophet Providence punishment purity racter religion religious reverence rites Roman sacrifice salutary sanction sect sinner Sir William Jones solemn sorrow spirit Stoic sublime sufferings superstition taught temper temple tenets things tion truth unto Vedas virtue votary wanton wisdom wise worship wrath zeal
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Page 345 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? How much then is a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Page 348 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 184 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 300 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 141 - And behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 299 - But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth : that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.
Page 248 - Let him that stole, steal no more ; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 50 - GOD! there is no GOD but he; the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth.
Page 142 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 285 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.