The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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Page 46
... infinite host of stars , or , to fpeak more philofophically , of funs , which were then shining upon me , with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds , which were moving round their refpective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the idea ...
... infinite host of stars , or , to fpeak more philofophically , of funs , which were then shining upon me , with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds , which were moving round their refpective funs ; when I ftill enlarged the idea ...
Page 47
... infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our ima- gination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a being that was not ...
... infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our ima- gination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a being that was not ...
Page 49
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an organ to omniscience . Were the foul feparate from the body , and with one glance of thought fhould start beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for ...
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an organ to omniscience . Were the foul feparate from the body , and with one glance of thought fhould start beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for ...
Page 67
... . It is the fame thing to a man with- out religion , as if there were no God in the world . It is indeed impoffible for an infinite being to remove himfelf This himself from any of his creatures ; but though N ° 571 . THE SPECTATOR . 69.
... . It is the fame thing to a man with- out religion , as if there were no God in the world . It is indeed impoffible for an infinite being to remove himfelf This himself from any of his creatures ; but though N ° 571 . THE SPECTATOR . 69.
Page 107
... infinite space . This doctrine is fo agreeable to reason , that we meet with it in the writings of the enlightened heathens , as I might fhew at large , were it not already done by other hands . But though the Deity be thus effentially ...
... infinite space . This doctrine is fo agreeable to reason , that we meet with it in the writings of the enlightened heathens , as I might fhew at large , were it not already done by other hands . But though the Deity be thus effentially ...
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