Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan and other his bookes to which are annexed occasionall anim-adversions on some writings of the Socinians and such hæreticks of the same opinion with him / by William Lucy ...
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Observations, censures, and confutations of notorious errours in Mr. Hobbes his Leviathan and other his bookes to which are annexed occasionall anim-adversions on some writings of the Socinians and such hæreticks of the same opinion with him / by William Lucy ...
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Lucy, William, 1594-1677.
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London :: Printed by J.G. for Nath. Brooke ...,
1663.
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. -- Leviathan.
State, The.
Political science.
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Sect. 4.
For both these we cannot conceive, that this Religion, so formed, was founded upon the Faith, &c.* 1.1 For although we may justly think that men, who have either by an Innate principle, or else by reason, knowledge that there is a GOD of an infinite excellency, to whom, out of duty, they owe this divine Worship which is called Reli∣gion; we may likewise think, that it is impossible for their capacities to find out what worship would be plea∣sing to him, unlesse he reveale it; and therefore did act all they did, in that worship, by his direction; yet, because there is no mention of such direction given by God be∣fore the Floud, some men may conceive that Seth, or
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such pious men, might Inventis addere, and make some additions, now and then, according to the Principles of pious reason, to those received Duties which were acted before, and then that forme, or at the least, that piece of the form of Religion was founded upon the Faith, &c. I will therefore explaine one distinction which may serve our turne, perhaps often, hereafter in our Contro∣versie, and I think will make this appeare easie.
Notes
* 1.1
Revelation, not reason, did dictate the first Religion.