ISBN: 9781151324788 - reason, the only oracle of man; or, a compenduous system of natural religion (3 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Excerpt: . will as well answer to events in one period of time, as in another; and are equally applicable to a variety of events, which have and are still taking place in the world, and are liable to so many different interpretations, that they are incapable of being understood or explained, except upon arbitrary principles, and therefore cannot be admitted as a proof of revelation; as for instance, 'it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God.' Who can understand the accomplishment of the prophecies, that are expressed after this sort for every day in its turn has been, and will in its succession be the last day; and if we advert to the express words of the prophecy, to wit, 'the last days,' there will be an uncertain plurality 'of last days,' which must be understood to be short of a month, or a year; or it should have been expressed thus, and it shall come to pass in the last months or years, instead of days: and if it had mentioned last years, it would be a just construction to suppose, that it included a less number of years than a century; but as the prophecy mentions 'last days' we are at a loss, which among the plurality of them to assign for the fulfilling of the prophecy. Furthermore, we cannot learn from the prophecy, in what month, year, or any other part of duration those last days belong; so that we can never tell when such vague prophecies are to take place, they therefore remain the arbitrary prerogative of fanatics to prescribe their events in any age or period of time, when their distempered fancies may think most eligible: there are other prophecies still more abstruse; to wit, 'And one said unto the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, how long shall it be to the end of these wonders and I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto Heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever, that it should be for an time, times and an. 48 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Excerpt: . will as well answer to events in one period of time, as in another; and are equally applicable to a variety of events, which have and are still taking place in the world, and are liable to so many different interpretations, that they are incapable of being understood or explained, except upon arbitrary principles, and therefore cannot be admitted as a proof of revelation; as for instance, 'it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God.' Who can understand the accomplishment of the prophecies, that are expressed after this sort for every day in its turn has been, and will in its succession be the last day; and if we advert to the express words of the prophecy, to wit, 'the last days,' there will be an uncertain plurality 'of last days,' which must be understood to be short of a month, or a year; or it should have been expressed thus, and it shall come to pass in the last months or years, instead of days: and if it had mentioned last years, it would be a just construction to suppose, that it included a less number of years than a century; but as the prophecy mentions 'last days' we are at a loss, which among the plurality of them to assign for the fulfilling of the prophecy. Furthermore, we cannot learn from the prophecy, in what month, year, or any other part of duration those last days belong; so that we can never tell when such vague prophecies are to take place, they therefore remain the arbitrary prerogative of fanatics to prescribe their events in any age or period of time, when their distempered fancies may think most eligible: there are other prophecies still more abstruse; to wit, 'And one said unto the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, how long shall it be to the end of these wonders and I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto Heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever, that it should be for an time, times and an.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Excerpt: . will as well answer to events in one period of time, as in another; and are equally applicable to a variety of events, which have and are still taking place in the world, and are liable to so many different interpretations, that they are incapable of being understood or explained, except upon arbitrary principles, and therefore cannot be admitted as a proof of revelation; as for instance, 'it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God.' Who can understand the accomplishment of the prophecies, that are expressed after this sort for every day in its turn has been, and will in its succession be the last day; and if we advert to the express words of the prophecy, to wit, 'the last days,' there will be an uncertain plurality 'of last days,' which must be understood to be short of a month, or a year; or it should have been expressed thus, and it shall come to pass in the last months or years, instead of days: and if it had mentioned last years, it would be a just construction to suppose, that it included a less number of years than a century; but as the prophecy mentions 'last days' we are at a loss, which among the plurality of them to assign for the fulfilling of the prophecy. Furthermore, we cannot learn from the prophecy, in what month, year, or any other part of duration those last days belong; so that we can never tell when such vague prophecies are to take place, they therefore remain the arbitrary prerogative of fanatics to prescribe their events in any age or period of time, when their distempered fancies may think most eligible: there are other prophecies still more abstruse; to wit, 'And one said unto the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, how long shall it be to the end of these wonders and I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto Heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever, that it should be for an time, times and an.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 48 pp. Englisch.…