The Religious Philosopher: Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator ... Designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Intidels, Volume 1

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Contents of the CONTEMPLATIONS
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It is therefore neceſſary to feek for the
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The Contemplation of ourselves in general
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The Contemplation of our Bodies which is Earth
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The Body does not think
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The Soul Demonftrated
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No Man proceeds from himself nor from his Parents but from Another
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Our Support is from another
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And this other Being either Knows or is Ig norant of what he does
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Our Maker and Preferver is Wife Mighty and Merciful
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Of the Enamel of the Teeth
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Of the Lips
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Of the Glands of the Mouth Sect V Of the Tongue
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Of the Throat Sect VII Of the Windpipe
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Convictions from what has been faid be fore
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About Sucking and of Places from which the Air is exhaufted
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The Parvagum and Intercoftal Nerves Sect IX Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations
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The Mucilage of the Stomach
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The Ufes of the oblique and lateral Muf
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The Courfe of the Chyle to the Heart Sect V The Valves in the Ductus Chyliferus Ve næ Lactex and Vafa Lymphatica
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The Protrufion of the Chyle
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The Valve in the Vena Subclavia
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Sect VIII Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations
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The Eminence or Protuberance in the Vena Cava
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The Auricles of the Heart Sect V The Operation of the Heart
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The Courfe of the Mufcular Fibres
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The Valves of the Arteries
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The Lateral Muscles of the Heart Sect XI The Force and Power of the Heart repre fented by Comparifons
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The Pericardium or Little Bag of the Heart
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An Experiment on the Lungs in Vacuo
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1 Orifices of the Lateral Branches
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2 The Arteries grow Narrower
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3 The Arteries contract themselves
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4 The Pulfe is not felt
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Sect XII 5 The Concurrence or Conjunction of the Nerves
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7 The Narrowness of the Tubes leffens the Swiftnefs of the Blood
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8 The Veins grow wider Sect XVI 9 The little Valves in the Veins Sect XVII 10 Of the Fibres in the Veins and Arteries Sect XVIII The Ufes of the Bl...
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Sect XIX The Enumeration of feveral Humours Sect XX The Paffage of the Urine
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Of the Breasts of Women Sect XXII The Structure of the Seminal Veffels
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The Nourishment and Motion of the Blood not yet fully known
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Different Opinions about the Matter paffing thro the Nerves
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An Experiment to prove a Nervous Juice
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Convictions from the foregoing Obferva tions
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The unhappy Condition of Atheiſts
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The Nerves of the Midriff
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The Strength of the Muſcles confift in their many Fibres Sec V Double Mufcles
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The Muſcles yet more doubled Sect VII The Mufcles of the Fingers
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Of the Joints
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The Infertion of the Tendons
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Of all that is Vifible and of our Selves
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The Infertion of the Tendons prevents all In conveniencies
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A Muſcle exerts a greater Force against a Smaller Weight Sect
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The very great Strength of the Mufcles
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The different Courfe of the Mufcular
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Convictions from the foregoing Obfer
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The Ufes of the Structure of the Backbone
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GODs Eternal Exiftence provd from
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Of the Teeth
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Convictions from what has been faid
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The Properties of Light
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Concerning Refraction
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An Experiment of the Refraction of Rays palling from Water into
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An Experiment to fhew that the Rays fal ling at Right Angles are not Refracted 2
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An Experiment to prove the fame Sect XI The Experiment of a Dark Chamber Sect XII Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations Sec XIII The E...
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No Images from Divergent Rays Sect XV The Transparency of the Tunica Cornea
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The Aqueous Humour
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The fecond Caufe is Inordinate Ambition
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The Sun neceſſary to Sight and Con
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The Openings in the Circumference of
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The Tremulous Motion of the Auditory
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The Ule of the Nervous Cord
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The Senfe of Feeling Sect X The Inftruments of Feeling
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Of Sucking as performed by Children Sect XI Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations
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Convictions from what has been faid con cerning all the external Senfes
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How often Blood circulates in an Hour
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The Difference or Disagreement of Paffions and Inclinations Sect III The Agreement of the Inclinations and Paf fions Sect IV The Love of our Count...
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The Defire of Procreation
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Why we have not treated more fully and minutely upon the Bufinefs of Generation
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The Principles or Stamina of Living Creatures
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Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations Sect XI Several Difficulties removed
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Convictions from the foregoing Obfervations Sect XIII Tranfition to a Demonftration against Chance
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A Table of the Number of Males and Females Chriftend yearly in London in 82 Years
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A Judgment upon the faid Table
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The firft Mathematical Demonftration that the World is not governed by Chance
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The Difficulties and Objections that fome may make against thefe Calculations answered
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A fecond and more accurate Mathema tical Demonftration that the World is not governd
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The Calculation after the common Manner
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This tedious Calculation contracted
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Convictions from the foregoing Calculations
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Expreffion of the Number found in com mon Words
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Page 65 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 224 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page xlii - For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Page 12 - Things of him from the Creation of the World are clearly feen, being underftood by the 'Things that are made, even his eternal Power and Godhead; fo that they are 'without Excufe...
Page xlii - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Page xli - Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour: until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wifdom haft thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches.
Page 98 - ... but whilst they are still shut up in their mother's womb. " He gave breath, therefore, to the people upon the earth, and spirit to them that walk over it," when many became believers together, and were together filled with the Holy Ghost.
Page xlv - He would likewise see hanging to this same watch a little key composed of two pieces, making a right angle together ; at the end of each of which there was a square hole so ordered that one of them was exactly adapted to the little pin in the said hole, which being applied thereto, a chain would be wound up, and a spring bent, by which means the machine would be continued in motion, which otherwise would be in an entire rest. He might also find, that the other square cavity, at the end of the little...
Page xliii - The wicked through the pride of his countenance, will not feek after God : God is not in all his thoughts.

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