 | Albert Barnes - Christianity - 1855 - 386 pages
...philosophy inclineth a man to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | David Merrill - Congregational churches - 1855 - 316 pages
...inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringcth men's minds back to religion ; — for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | David Merrill - Congregational churches - 1855 - 316 pages
...mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate...together, it must needs fly to providence and Deity." While only here and there a link in the chain of evidence is discovered, it may lead to infidelity,... | |
 | William Fulton - Natural theology - 1927 - 320 pages
...the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. . . . While the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." 1 Let us even recall for him the testimony of Immanuel Kant himself, whose earliest published reflections... | |
 | William P Dunn - 1950 - 193 pages
...inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. . . . Nay even that school which is most accused of atheism...school of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus." 32 And he goes on to remark that contemplative atheists are rare.33 Both men take the same ground:... | |
 | William Blake - Literary Collections - 1966 - 964 pages
...philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther. There is no Such Thing as a Second Cause nor as a Natural Cause for any Thing in any Way.... | |
 | Bernhard Fabian, James E. Force, William Whiston, William Whiston - Astronomy - 458 pages
...about to Religion. For while the Mind of Man looketh upon Second Caules fcattered, it mayfbmetimes reft in them, and go no further : But when it beholdeth...Chain of them Confederate and Linked together, it muft needs fly to Providence and Deity. Mr. Boyle. ~\ The Power and Wifdom of God * d'ifplay themlelves... | |
 | Will Durant - Biography & Autobiography - 1965 - 736 pages
...inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."29 Religious indifference is due to a multiplicity of factions. "The causes of atheism are,... | |
 | William Gerber - Life - 1994 - 312 pages
...the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered [that is, upon isolated secular explanations], it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further;...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Faith Before offering a comment on the significance and role of belief in God or in miracles, I need... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,* it may sometimes rest5 in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate6 and linked... | |
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ;* for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but... 
