Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible (1733)
Delany, Patrick, 1685 or 6-1768 · London : Printed for C. Rivington · leaf 187
ir fubferviency toihe ends of human life, is, as far as we canfee, the fole end and purpofe of their being ;and that it is their happinefs, upon the whole,to be fubmitted to the dominion of man*and to be deftroyed for his ufes; fince theyare by this means preferved from weather,from want, and from… … Revelation Examind^ &c. 151 vered by fudden deft ructions, from moreJingring and cruel deaths. And thus, having fhewn, that facrificeswere of divine original j that faith onlycould make them acceptable to God ; andthat many ends of infinite wifdom andmercy were, at once, ferved by them :having…
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