M. F. p. 52.
Men have rather chosen to worship any thing for a God, than wholly to be without one.
Dr. Till. Serm. p. 55.
Men will rather have any God than none; and rather than want a Deity will wor∣ship any thing.
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M. F. p. 52.
Men have rather chosen to worship any thing for a God, than wholly to be without one.
Dr. Till. Serm. p. 55.
Men will rather have any God than none; and rather than want a Deity will wor∣ship any thing.
M. F. p. 53.
For not onely Cicero tells us, that there is nothing so absurd, which some of the Philosophers have not main∣tained: But Aristotle informs us, that there have been some who have held, That a thing might at the same time be, and not be.
Sir Charles ibid. p. 74.
Aristotle tells us, that there were some that affirmed, A thing might be, and might not be at the same time; and Ci∣cero has long since told us, that nothing could be so absurd, that had not some Philosopher for its Patron.