A letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the life, death, and philosophy of his friend David Hume esq., by one of the people called Christians [G. Horne].1777 - 80 oldal |
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66 Perhaps ADAM SMITH againſt amufement army of Martyrs atheiſm awake to receive becauſe believe Biſhop called CHRISTIANS caufe cauſe CHARON common Chriftians fhall compofed and eafy confequence copy the example DAVID HUME death degree of glory departure hence ſhall Ditis Doctor SMITH doubt effufion embalming eternal tranquillity exift exiſtence faid fatisfaction feems fent fentence fhall alſo awake fhort fince fincere Well-wisher find myſelf obliged fleep folution fome foul friends ftrained fuch things fuppofe fure future ftate fyftem hath heart hence ſhall arrive himſelf holy man fhall HUME'S philofophical INFI judge variouſly knowlege laft laſt liketh him beft likewiſe Lord Martyrs and Confeffors Matter and Motion metaphyfic moft moral moſt noble army muſt occafion paffion perfon philofopher's pleaſe poffible reader's head reaſon receive an eternal righteouſneſs ſay ſeem ſervice ſhould repreſent ſpirit ſyſtems themſelves theſe thoſe tions Treatife TULLY underſtand univerſe unreaſonable WHIST wiſh yourſelf
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34. oldal - And therefore, where I have failed, Lord, shew mercy to me; for I plead not my righteousness, but the forgiveness of my unrighteousness, for His merits, who died to purchase pardon for penitent sinners. And since I owe thee a death, Lord, let it not be terrible, and then take thine own time: I submit to it: let not mine, O Lord! but let thy will be done.
34. oldal - God hath heard my daily petitions, for I am at peace with all men, and he is at peace with me; and from. that blessed assurance I feel that inward joy, which this world can neither give nor take from me: my conscience beareth me this witness, and this witness makes the thoughts of death joyful.
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14. oldal - I would wish to live. Suffer me so to do, I most humbly beseech thee, yet a little while, till mine eyes shall behold the success of my undertaking to overthrow, by my metaphysics, the faith which thy SON descended from heaven to plant, and to root out the knowledge and the love of thee from the earth.
13. oldal - We all know, Sir, what the word SUPERSTITION denotes, in Mr. HUME'S vocabulary, and against what Religion his shafts are levelled, under that name. But, Doctor SMITH, do you believe, or would you have us to believe, that it is CHARON, who calls us out of the world, at the appointed time? Doth not HE call us out of it, who sent us into it? Let me, then, present you with a paraphrase of...
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29. oldal - Upon the whole, Doctor, your meaning is good; but I think you will not succeed this time. You would persuade us, by the example of David Hume, Esq., that atheism is the only cordial for low spirits, and the proper antidote against the fear of death . . . You may smile over Babylon in ruins and congratulate the hardened Pharaoh on his overthrow in the Red Sea.