A Short and Easie Method with the Deists
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ISBN13: 9780217310246
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: .... ] aci]uitffe in, if he Taw tjiem with his Eyes. There- fire the ftrefs of this Csvife will depend upon the Proof of thefe Matters of Fact. 1. And the Method I wilUtake, is, Firjl, To lay down fach Rules, as to the Truth of Matters of Fa3, in General, that where they All meet, fuch Matters ofFaft cannot be falfe. And then, Secondly, To fhew that all thefe Rules do meet in the Matters of Fail, of Mofes and of'Cbrijl; and that they do not meet in the Matters of Fact of Mahomet, of the Heathen Deities, or can pollibly meet in any Impojlure what foe ver. 2. The Rules are thefe, iff. That the Matter of Fait be fuch, as that Mens outward Senfes, their Eyes and Ears may be Judges of it. 2. That it be done Publickly, in the Face of the World. 3. That not only publick Monuments be kept up in Memory of it, but fome outward Aandions to be perform'd. 4. That fuch Monument and fuch Aftlons or Obfervances be Injlltuted, and do commence from the Time that the Matter of Fatt was done. - 3. The Two firrt Rules make it impoflible for any fuch Matter of Pa8 to be impos'd upon Men, at the Time when fuch Matter of Faft was faid.to lie done, becaufe every Man's Eyes and Senfei wou'd contradid t it. For Example; fuppofe any Man fhou'd pretend, that Yefterday he divided'the Thames, in Pretence of all the People of London, and carried the whole City, Men, Women, and Children, over to SoiHhwark on dry Land, the Waters like .VValls on both iides: I fay, it is morally .. rally impoflitle that he could perfwade the People of London, that this was true, when everyMatit Woman, and Child, could contradift him, and fay That this was a notorious Falfhood, for that they had not feen the Thames fb divided of had gone over on dry Land. Therefore I take it for granted, (and I fupp...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217310246 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217310249 |
| Weight | 0.51 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 150 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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