item: #1 of 22 id: A27428 author: Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742. title: The folly and unreasonableness of atheism demonstrated from the advantage and pleasure of a religious life, the faculties of humane souls, the structure of animate bodies, & the origin and frame of the world : in eight sermons preached at the lecture founded by ... Robert BOyle, Esquire, in the first year MDCXCII / by Richard Bentley ... date: 1699 words: 65931 flesch: 55 summary: Whereas now he receives a Fit of Sickness , as the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the kind Chastisement and Discipline of his Heavenly Father , to wean his Affections from the World , where he is but as on a Journey ; and to fix his thoughts and desires on things above , where his Country and his Dwelling is : that where he hath placed his Treasure and Concerns , there his heart may be also . For example , if it should be required of all the Candidates of Glory and Immortality , to give a full and knowing Assent to such things as are repugnant to Common Sense , as contradict the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the universal Notions and indubitable Maxims of Reason ; if they were to believe , that One and the same Thing may be and not be at the same time and in the same respect ; If allowing the received Idea's and denominations of Numbers and Figures and Body , they must seriously affirm , that Two and two do make a Dozen , or that the Diameter of a Circle is as long as the Circumference , or that the same Body may be all of it in distant places at once . keywords: air; animals; atheist; atoms; bodies; body; chance; chaos; common; constitution; doth; earth; eternal; existence; frame; god; good; gravity; hath; heaven; humane; infinite; life; mankind; matter; men; motion; nature; particles; parts; past; planets; power; present; production; reason; religion; self; sense; soul; space; stars; sun; suppose; system; text; things; time; universal; wisdom; world cache: A27428.xml plain text: A27428.txt item: #2 of 22 id: A32308 author: Calver, Edward, fl. 1649. title: Divine passions piously and pathetically expressed in three severall bookes / written and composed for private consolation ... by Edward Calver. date: 1643 words: 34912 flesch: 80 summary: Thou gav'st him here a Paradise indeed , But thou wilt give him heaven which doth exceed : Lord what is man then , man that dares to sin , Of whom thou hast so ever mindfull been ? Is then beleeving in our Saviour dying ? Or is his death made our death by applying ? How can the Scriptures here be reconcil'd , Can we both save the parent , and the childs ? Surely Gods justice must be fully pay'd , But see Gods mercy how the debt is laid , Man is ingaged , man is quite undone , God , to redeem man , layes to pawne his Son . keywords: adam; authors; body; canst; come; conscience; day; death; dives; doe; dost; doth; earth; faith; father; god; good; hast; hath; heart; heaven; hell; lazarus; let; light; lord; love; man; men; nature; power; selfe; sense; set; sin; son; soule; thee; thou; thy; world; yea cache: A32308.xml plain text: A32308.txt item: #3 of 22 id: A32802 author: Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. title: The rise, growth, and danger of Socinianisme together with a plaine discovery of a desperate designe of corrupting the Protestant religion, whereby it appeares that the religion which hath been so violently contended for (by the Archbishop of Canterbury and his adherents) is not the true pure Protestant religion, but an hotchpotch of Arminianisme, Socinianisme and popery : it is likewise made evident, that the atheists, Anabaptists, and sectaries so much complained of, have been raised or encouraged by the doctrines and practises of the Arminian, Socinian and popish party / by Fr. Cheynell ... date: 1643 words: 39091 flesch: 65 summary: Sociniani cum Aetionis Filiū nō modo {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , sed etia {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} di●unt . 1. p. 4. 5. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , inquit Philosophus ; parum itaque Rationales sunt Sociniani qui deteriora sequuntur . keywords: acknowledge; anabaptists; answer; arch; arminians; authority; beleeve; bishop; book; brownists; canterbury; cap; chillingworth; christ; christian; church; churches; conscience; cum; doctrine; doe; doth; england; english; esse; est; father; faustus; god; good; grace; hath; hee; himselfe; holy; judge; king; laelius; law; light; man; master; men; ministers; nature; nay; need; new; non; opinion; pag; papists; parliament; peace; people; person; point; pope; potter; preface; principles; protestants; quae; qui; reason; religion; rome; saith; scripture; sect; sed; senate; sense; servetus; set; socinianisme; socinians; socinus; spirit; text; things; time; trinity; truth; vel; vide; way; word; yeare; ● ● cache: A32802.xml plain text: A32802.txt item: #4 of 22 id: A33772 author: Care, Henry, 1646-1688. title: The darkness of atheisme expelled by the light of nature, or, The existence of a deity, and his creation and government of the world demonstrated from reason and the light of nature only : with an appendix touching the most proper method of preaching the Gospel among the heathens / Englished by H.C. date: 1683 words: 10902 flesch: 60 summary: Axiom ; and though you should be permitted so to do to never so great a number , yet could not the same be Infinite , because Infinite , is undividable , Theorem the 7th , but such number ( though never so vast ) being composed of the unities of the finite beings produced , will be dividable into the same ; Axiom the 20th , and so will not be Infinite , but Finite , and by consequence there may be assigned the first of such finite beings whereby the rest were produced , and which it self was produced by none of them , ( for no Circulation can be , Theorem the 20th ) And when such first finite being is assigned , we shall still say it is not of its self , Theorem the 19th , but hath its being from some other being either finite or infinite , but it cannot be from any finite ; for then , this , not that should be the first of finite beings , which is against the Hypothesis ; and therefore it must befrom infinite being . Again , Infinite being , is Esse it self , Theorem the 17th ; but Esse is of its self ; Theorem the 25th : therefore Infinite being must be of its self . keywords: 7th; act; axiom; beings; end; esse; god; infinite; nature; power; self; theorem; thing; world cache: A33772.xml plain text: A33772.txt item: #5 of 22 id: A37276 author: Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724. title: An anatomy of atheisme a poem / by a person of quality. date: 1694 words: 6500 flesch: 75 summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. It has pleased God to give you a fair Portion of Worldly Goods , and a very large share of Intellectual Endowments , whereby you are put into a Capacity of providing for your self both in this World and that which is to come . keywords: atheist; god; man; men; nature; pow'r; reason; self; tcp; text; things; truth; world cache: A37276.xml plain text: A37276.txt item: #6 of 22 id: A38046 author: Edwards, John, 1637-1716. title: Some thoughts concerning the several causes and occasions of atheism, especially in the present age with some brief reflections on Socinianism, and on a late book entitled, The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the Scriptures / by John Edwards ... date: 1695 words: 21897 flesch: 64 summary: That Being or Agent which gave the first Motion to things , is God. And then as to the thing it self , why should any man think it Strange and Unaccountable that there are Dissentions in Christendom ? He may as well wonder that there are Men in the World ; for as long as these retain their nature , i. e. are subject to Prejudice , Love of Interest , Passion , Pride , and the like , there will be Errors and Heresies , for these proceed from some of those ill Principles : and unless God should change the frame of the World , and destroy the freedom of Man's will , i. e. make him another Creature , it cannot be otherwise . keywords: atheism; cause; christianity; deity; divine; doctrine; faith; god; hath; holy; man; matter; men; nature; notion; persons; reason; religion; self; things; time; trinity; way; world; yea cache: A38046.xml plain text: A38046.txt item: #7 of 22 id: A39251 author: Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700. title: The folly of atheism demonstrated to the capacity of the most unlearned reader by Clement Elis ... date: 1692 words: 41532 flesch: 70 summary: If he do not , he saith he knows not what . GOD , is He that made the World and all things therein ; the LORD of Heaven and Earth ; who giveth to all life , and breath , and all things ; in whom we live , and move , and have our being , Acts 17. 24 , 25 , 28. This is that which all the World hath ever meant by this word [ GOD ] : The First of all Beings , who is of himself from all Eternity , without beginning ; which gave being to all things that ever were , and in which , as in the first Fountain , is all Being , and Life , and Power , and Wisdom , and Goodness : Of whom , and through whom , and to whom are all things , to whom be glory for ever , Amen . Who but GOD can raise one thing from the corruption of another ; make Life spring out of Death , and constantly provide for a new Generation of things , from the Ruines and Rottenness of those that were before ? Lastly ; It is now time that we look a little upon , and into our selves ; and see what cause we can find every one of himself , to say unto GOD with the Psalmist , Psal. CXXXIX . keywords: atheist; belief; doth; earth; fool; god; good; hath; hurt; life; man; men; power; psal; reason; saith; selves; things; tho; truth; use; wisdom; works; world cache: A39251.xml plain text: A39251.txt item: #8 of 22 id: A41388 author: Good, Thomas, 1609-1678. title: Firmianus and Dubitantius, or, Certain dialogues concerning atheism, infidelity, popery, and other heresies and schisme's that trouble the peace of the church and are destructive of primitive piety written in a plain and easie method for the satisfaction of doubting Christians / by Tho. Good. date: 1674 words: 44057 flesch: 58 summary: Thine in the truth that is i● Christ Jesus . I have so long s●ept out of one opinion into another , that at length I am become a very Sceptick in Religion , doubting of all , and fixing upon none . keywords: beginning; body; book; cause; christ; christian; church; churches; common; discourse; dub; earth; eternity; fathers; firm; god; good; heathens; holy; infinite; law; light; lord; man; men; nature; non; o ●; people; persons; power; practise; prayer; present; reason; religion; rome; scripture; service; set; spirit; sun; th ●; things; times; truth; use; world; worship; years; ● d; ● e; ● n; ● s; ● t; ● y; ● ● cache: A41388.xml plain text: A41388.txt item: #9 of 22 id: A45638 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: The atheistical objections against the being of a God and his attributes fairly considered and fully refuted in eight sermons, preach'd in the cathedral-church of St. Paul, London, 1698 : being the seventh year of the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 62829 flesch: 61 summary: Plato every where distinguisheth between corporeal , and incorporeal Substances , calling the former by the Names of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sensible , and the latter always either 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , immaterial or intelligible ; and he saith , That certain intelligible and incorporeal Forms , are the true and first Substance ; and that incorporeal Things which are the greatest and most excellent of all others , are discoverable by reason only , and nothing else (b) . And of this Attribute the Heathens had a clear Idea and Belief , giving God the Title of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and Swearing usually by the Immortal Gods. keywords: account; actions; attributes; body; cause; deity; doth; evil; existence; god; good; hath; idea; knowledge; man; mankind; manner; matter; men; mind; nature; notion; opinion; place; power; reason; religion; saith; self; sense; spirit; substance; thing; time; truth; way; words; world cache: A45638.xml plain text: A45638.txt item: #10 of 22 id: A45639 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: The atheist's objection that we can have no idea of God refuted a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, February the 7th 1697/8 : being the second of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 8742 flesch: 62 summary: The Atheist alledges , That whatsoever is Unconceiveable is really nothing at all : that we can have no Idea , or possible Notion of any thing that is not some how or other an Object of our Senses ; for all Knowledge is Sense : and we can only judge of the Existence of things by its Evidence and Testimony . Besides , we find in our selves , and discover in things without us , such Defects , Limitations and Imperfections , as sufficiently must convince us , that neither we nor they can be Independent Beings , nor indeed the Cause of one another's Existence . keywords: atheist; existence; god; idea; knowledge; nature; saith; sense; thing cache: A45639.xml plain text: A45639.txt item: #11 of 22 id: A45642 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: Immorality and pride, the great causes of atheism a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, January the 8th 1697/8 : the first of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 7945 flesch: 54 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. I humbly desire your Prayers to Almighty God , that He will vouchsafe to render my weak Endeavours effectual to shew the Ground●essness and Inconclusiveness of those Objections which Atheistical Men usually bring ●gainst the great and Important Truths of ●eligion ; which is the End they are sincerely ●irected to , by Most Reverend and Honoured , Your most obliged humble Servant , HARRIS . keywords: atheism; god; man; men; pride; religion; text; thing; wicked; world cache: A45642.xml plain text: A45642.txt item: #12 of 22 id: A45644 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: The notion of a God neither from fear nor policy a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, March the 7th 1697/8 : being the third of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 10109 flesch: 66 summary: For if it be true , as he saith it is , That we can have no Idea of God ; 't is very strange to suppose , that a Politick Man should Invent , and the World Receive the Idea or Notion of That which 'tis impossible for any one to invent , or receive . So that as Protagoras tells us ( in Plato's Theoetet . ) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : 'T is neither possible to conceive that which is not , nor indeed any thing else , but only just as our Mind suffers it by Impressions from without . keywords: deity; fear; god; hath; idea; mankind; men; mind; notion; power; religion; saith; thing; world cache: A45644.xml plain text: A45644.txt item: #13 of 22 id: A45645 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the atheistical notion of fate, or absolute necessity in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, November the seventh, 1698 : being the eighth of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 9070 flesch: 62 summary: But there can certainly be neither Good nor Evil in any Man's Actions , and no Rewards or Punishments can be the Consequents of them , if nothing at all be in our own Power , if whatever we act or commit , it is absolutely impossible for us to avoid acting or committing . Which yet must be the case , if , as they assert , Things are determined by absolute Fatality ; and that God himself and all Creatures whatsoever are necessary Agents , without having any Power of Choice , or any real Liberty in their Natures at all . Spinoza , as I have formerly shewed , was an Absolute Corporealist as well as Mr. Hobbs ; but finding that Cogitation could never be accounted for from Matter and Motion only , he supposes Cogitation Essential to Matter ; and as he makes but one only Substance in the World , which is the Matter of All Things , or God ; so he supposes Cogitation to be one of the Essential Attributes of this Deity , as Extension is the other . keywords: actions; cause; doth; god; good; hath; man; nature; necessity; power; things cache: A45645.xml plain text: A45645.txt item: #14 of 22 id: A45646 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the objections against moral good and evil in a sermon preach'd at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, October the third, 1698 : being the seventh of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by John Harris. date: 1698 words: 9268 flesch: 57 summary: For when you upbraid them with a Disbelief of Revelation , they will say , that 't is enough for any Man to live up to the Principles of Natural Religion , and to adhere inviolably to all things , ; 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for those are things that are Obligatory on all Mankind , and not like Revealed Truths , mere Political and Topical Institutions . If I say after all this , there be no such things as Moral Virtue and Goodness , but that all Things and Actions , both in us and the Deity , are purely and in their own Natures Indifferent ; 't is plain , Reason is the most ridiculous thing in the World , a Guide that serves to no manner of Purpose but to bewilder us in the Infinite Mazes of Errour , and to expose us to Roam and Float about in the boundless Ocean of Scepticism , where we can never find our Way certainly to any Place , nor direct our Course to the Discovery of any Truth whatsoever . keywords: deity; evil; god; good; hath; mankind; men; nature; reason; things cache: A45646.xml plain text: A45646.txt item: #15 of 22 id: A45647 author: Harris, John, 1667?-1719. title: A refutation of the objections against the attributes of God in general in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, September the fifth, 1698 : being the sixth of the lecture for that year founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. / by John Harris ... date: 1698 words: 7231 flesch: 60 summary: And herein he seems to have followed the Pythagoreans and Timaeus Locrus in particular : Who asserts of Mind , according to him the first Principle of the Universe , that it is , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , of the Nature of Good : And saith further , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , that they call it God , and the Principle of the best things . A refutation of the objections against the attributes of God in general in a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, September the fifth, 1698 : being the sixth of the lecture for that year founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. / by John Harris ... Harris, John, 1667?-1719. 1698 Approx. keywords: attributes; deity; god; knowledge; men; nature; perfections; power; reason; things cache: A45647.xml plain text: A45647.txt item: #16 of 22 id: A51284 author: More, Henry, 1614-1687. title: An antidote against atheisme, or, An appeal to the natural faculties of the minde of man, whether there be not a God by Henry More ... date: 1653 words: 63066 flesch: 54 summary: Wherefore it is manifest that there may bee a very firme and unwavering assent or dissent , when as yet the thing wee thus assent to may be possibly otherwise ; or that which wee thus dissent ●rom , cannot bee proved impossible to be true . Which point I have thus long and thus variously sported my self in , for making the better impression upon my Reader , it being of no small use and consequence , as well for the advertising of him , that the Arguments which I shall produce , though I doe not bestowe that ostentative term of Demonstration upon them , yet they may bee as effectuall for winning a firme and unshaken assent , as if they were in the strictest Notion such ; as also to reminde him that if they bee so strong and so pa●ly fitted and suteable with the facultyes of mans mind , that hee has nothing to reply , but only that for all this , it may possibly bee otherwise , that hee should give a free and full assent to the Conclusion . ●●cure ●●cure that reason is no Guide to God. keywords: aire; argument; atheist; beasts; bee; bodies; body; chap; counsell; creatures; doe; earth; effects; existence; faculties; frame; god; good; hath; idea; kind; knowledge; lesse; let; life; light; man; manner; mans; matter; men; mind; motion; naturall; nature; parts; plants; power; present; principle; providence; purpose; reason; rest; self; sense; shape; soul; spirits; story; substance; things; time; truth; use; way; wee; wit; world; ● ● cache: A51284.xml plain text: A51284.txt item: #17 of 22 id: A60211 author: Crenius, Thomas, 1648-1728. title: The origine of atheism in the popish and Protestant churches shew'n by Dorotheus Sicurus, 1648 ; made into English, and a preface added by E.B., Esquire. date: 1684 words: 12280 flesch: 55 summary: But on the other side in those times in which Natural Philosophy hath flourished , men being by that enabled to search into the Natural and Second Causes of things , have many times from their discoveries concluded , that there was no God , but that all things succeeded in a Regular and Natural course ; and if there happened some things which they could give no account of , they either disbelieved them , or thought there was a Natural Cause tho' they could not for the present find it out . And of those that have been engaged in Parties in these horrible Broils , I doubt not but when they have seen things fall out quite contrary to their expectation , tho' some have thereby been weaned from the world , and from thence have inferred how vain it was to put their trust in man or any thing else on this side the grave : keywords: age; atheism; children; church; english; god; good; learning; man; manners; men; religion; tcp; text; things; times; use; world cache: A60211.xml plain text: A60211.txt item: #18 of 22 id: A64373 author: Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715. title: A sermon concerning the folly of atheism preached before the Queen at White-Hall, February 22, 1690/91 / by Tho. Tenison ... date: 1691 words: 5589 flesch: 67 summary: But the Fear which hath Torment , cannot otherwise be wholly prevented , than either by Innocence , or Repentance , and Application to God ; and for the Expedient of the Epicureans , it brings into the bosom that Anxiety which it pretends to expel ; for men having had experience of their own impotence and imperfection , and of the weakness and deceitfulness of others , and observing the daily changes and chances of this world , can by no means be secur'd against them , but by the belief of an over-ruling Providence , and the performance of such things as may secure to them the Protection of it . If Men had in them a principle of Probity , and were inclin'd to seek necessary Truths , and the Rules of Goodness , with impartiality , they would certainly find them ; but having some Lusts or other earthly Interests to gratifie , the corrupt Heart , biasseth the judgment ; and they will not understand nor seek after God. keywords: atheism; folly; god; good; man; men; tcp; text; things; want; wisdom cache: A64373.xml plain text: A64373.txt item: #19 of 22 id: A69226 author: Dove, John, 1560 or 61-1618. title: A confutation of atheisme by Iohn Doue Doctor of Diuinitie. The contents are to be seene in the page following date: 1605 words: 42744 flesch: 65 summary: For God him selfe , the Angelles , the Prophets speaking vnto men , doe accommodate them selues to our capacitye , to the vnderstanding of plow-men , of shepherds , of women , of children , that the conuersion of the world may not be ascribed vnto mans wisdome , or humane eloquence , or any other thing that is in man. And as Statius saith : Primus in orbe Deos fecit timor , as soone as men be in danger and extremitye , be they neuer so vngodly , yet they erect Altars , carue Images , flye to thē for succour , shewing that in their owne naturall iudgement which they haue by the light and instinct of nature , there is one higher then them selues , one whose power is aboue the power of man to whome they ought to flye vnto for help and deliuery out of trouble , and who is that but God ? keywords: aboue; atheist; bee; beginning; bible; bodie; body; bookes; cause; christ; confesse; death; dei; deus; doe; doth; earth; end; est; euen; euery; farre; father; ghost; god; god doth; gods; hath; haue; heauen; hee; hell; himselfe; holy; infinite; iohn; king; knowledge; let; lib; life; lord; man; manner; mans; men; moses; motion; naturall; nature; neuer; non; ouer; owne; people; place; power; proue; qui; reason; religion; saith; sauiour; selfe; selues; shewe; sonne; soule; subiect; therfore; thinges; thou; time; truth; vnderstanding; vnto; vpon; water; whome; worke; worlde cache: A69226.xml plain text: A69226.txt item: #20 of 22 id: A69557 author: Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742. title: A confutation of atheism from the origin and frame of the world. Part II a sermon preached at St. Martin's in the Fields, November the 7th, 1692 : being the seventh of the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle ... / by Richard Bentley ... date: 1693 words: 9585 flesch: 53 summary: 'T is demonstrated , That the Sun , Moon and all the Planets do reciprocally gravitate one toward another : that the Gravitating power of each of These is exactly proportional to their Matter , and arises from the several Gravitations or Attractions of every individual Particle that compose the whole Mass : that all Matter near the Surface of the Earth , for example , doth not only gravitate downwards , but upwards also and side-ways and toward all imaginable Points ; though the Tendency downwards be praedominant and alone discernible , because of the Greatness and Nearness of the attracting Body , the Earth : that every Particle of the whole System doth attract and is attracted by all the rest , All operating upon All : that this Vniversal Attraction or Gravitation is an incessant , regular and uniform Action by certain and established Laws according to Quantity of Matter and Longitude of Distance : that it cannot be destroyed nor impair'd nor augmented by any thing , neither by Motion nor Rest , nor Situation nor Posture , nor alteration of Form , nor diversity of Medium : that it is not a Magnetical Power , nor the effect of a Vortical Motion ; those common attempts toward the Explication of Gravity : These things , I say , are fully demonstrated , as matters of Fact , by that very ingenious Author , whom we cited before . Because if there were every-where an absolute plenitude and density without any empty pores and interstices between the Particles of Bodies , then all Bodies of equal dimensions would contain an equal Quantity of Matter ; and consequently , as we have shewed before , would be equally ponderous : so that Gold , Copper , Stone , Wood , &c. would have all the same specifick weight ; which Experience assures us they have not : neither would any of them descend in the Air , as we all see they do ; because , if all Space was Full , even the Air would be as dense and specifically as heavy as they . keywords: attraction; bodies; chaos; earth; matter; motion; particles; planets; present; sun; world cache: A69557.xml plain text: A69557.txt item: #21 of 22 id: A87160 author: Harrison, John, of the Inner Temple. title: A vindication of the Holy Scriptures. Or the manifestation of Jesus Christ the true Messiah already come. Being the Christians antidote against the poysons of Judaisme and atheisme of this present age. Proved out of sacred scripture, ancient historians, and Jewish Rabbins. / By that learned, and late eminent divine, John Harrison. date: 1656 words: 31861 flesch: 70 summary: After which long captivity , yet restored again upon their repentance , the time was not long , but they fell again to their old byas , and forgate the Lord their God , which had done so great things for them ▪ yea , rather now worse then ever , persecuting the Prophets from time to time , whom God raised up amongst them , and killing them one after another , even till the coming of the Messiah , and him also they crucified . Secondly , that among the Gentiles there should be a pure manner of Sacrifice , more grateful unto God then the other , not limitted either in respect of time or place , as the Mosaical Law and Sacrifice was . keywords: christ; day; days; death; god; holy; israel; jerusalem; jesus; jews; john; king; law; like; lord; man; mat; messiah; moses; people; place; saith; saviour; son; things; time; words; world cache: A87160.xml plain text: A87160.txt item: #22 of 22 id: B03288 author: Eliot, George, 17th cent. title: The atheist ansvvered, and his errour confuted. By George Elliot, author of Gods warning-piece to London. Each spire of grass, and every silly flie, bias us take heed how we a God deny; this whole creation with a sweet conseat, proclaim a being that's omnipotent. date: 1675 words: 2203 flesch: 72 summary: It is in vain to expect Providence From such a one : did she make Earth to hang 'I th open Air ? when all the Angels Sang Aloud for Joy , and clapt their Heavenly Wings , To see how God in order plac'd all things VVherein they keep : and in that order stand , E're since that day that Heavens mighty hand First plac'd them there : with what equality , Both Sexes in all things produced be , Men , Beasts , and Birds , and every kind of thing , VVhich do by Carnal Copulation bring Their Young ones forth : there is not any lack Of Male or Female , Nature unto wrrck Long before this VVorld run . What fragrant Flowers doth the earth produce ? And all things necessary for our use ? Can it take care for us ? or know what need We have of things ? or how can fruit proceed From out its Bowells without Providence ? That man must needs be void of common Sence , As stupid as a Stone , to think it can By its own Power for the use of Man Produce all things , and wisely to provide For Man and Beast . keywords: doth; eebo; god; tcp; text; things cache: B03288.xml plain text: B03288.txt