An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters.

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Title
An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters.
Author
Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
Publication
London :: Printed by Andrew Clark for Walter Kettilby ...,
1675.
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Subject terms
Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714. -- Interest of reason in religion.
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Cite this Item
"An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70177.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

Pages

M. F. p. 148.

We have the attestation of Reason, which tells us, that nothing is well known, but by that, which hath a just a∣nalogy to it, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, every thing is best understood by that which bears a resemblance of it; things of sense and life are onely known by vital and sentient faculties.

As the eye cannot behold the Sun 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉,

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unless it have some resem∣blance of the Sun in it self; no more can any man un∣derstand the things of God in a due manner, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, unless he be made to partake of the Divine I∣mage.

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