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" If Christianity, as well as Deism, consists in being govern'd by the original Obligation of the moral Fitness of Things, in Conformity to the Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God... "
An answer to a late book [by M. Tindall] intituled, 'Christianity as old as ... - Page 272
by John Leland - 1740
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Christianity as Old as the Creation: Or, the Gospel, a ..., Volume 1

Matthew Tindal - Christianity - 1730 - 470 pages
...after the Appearance " of Revelation. " If Chriftianity, as well as Deifm, confifts in being govern'd by the original Obligation of the moral Fitnefs of...Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God, then they both muft be the fame; but if Chriftianity confifts in being govern'd by any other Rule,...
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A Defence of Reveal'd Religion Against the Exceptions of a Late Writer, in ...

John Conybeare - Apologetics - 1732 - 492 pages
...Obligation. " [p. 367.] And, in another place, he fpeaks of " Man's being good by the Original Ob" ligation of the Moral Fitnefs of Things, " in Conformity to...Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God. " p. 368. He does not fay, in Obedience to the perfect Will of God, but in Imitation of it. This Paflage...
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The Cure of Deism: Or, the Mediatorial Scheme by Jesus Christ the ..., Volume 1

Elisha Smith - Deism - 1737 - 492 pages
...Merit, at leaft, equally with him, who is in '' Love with his Duty, and is govern'd, not by " fer vile Motives, but by the original Obligation " of the moral Fitnefs of Things, in Conformi" ty to the Nature, and in Imitation of the per'' feet Will of God ? —They who do not act...
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Lowell Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, Volume 2

John Gorham Palfrey - Apologetics - 1843 - 460 pages
...take any other rule, so far they lose of their perfection, by ceasing to be governed by this rule, in conformity to the nature, and in imitation of the perfect will, of God." * And elsewhere ; " The holy ghost can't deal with men as rational creatures, but by proposing arguments...
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Samuel Johnson's "general Nature": Tradition and Transition in Eighteenth ...

Scott D. Evans - Philosophy of nature - 1999 - 180 pages
...Christianity, as well as Deism, consists in being govern'd by the original Obligation of the moral Fitness of things, in conformity to the Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God, then they both must be the same; but if Christianity consists in being govern'd by any other Rule,...
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Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the ...

Isabel Rivers - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 407 pages
...Christianity, as well as Deism, consists in being govern'd by the original Obligation of the moral Fitness of Things, in Conformity to the Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God, then they both must be the same: but if Christianity consists in being govern'd by any other Rule,...
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Matthew Tindal, Freethinker: An Eighteenth-Century Assault on Religion

Stephen Lalor - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 192 pages
...both Christianity and deism consist 'in being govern'd by the original Obligation of the moral Fitness of Things, in Conformity to the Nature, and in Imitation of the perfect Will of God', but that, in so far as Christianity is governed by any other rule, the advantage lies with deism (Christianity...
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The Riddle of Hume's Treatise: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Irreligion

Paul Russell - Philosophy - 2008 - 442 pages
...Christianity, as well as Deism, consists, in being govern'd by the original obligation of the moral fitness of things, in conformity to the nature, and in imitation of the perfect will of God, then they [deism and Christianity] both must be the same; but if Christianity consists in being govern'd...
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