"The sole business of reason in this case is to examine and judge of the evidence that is brought to prove that any proposition about the nature of God is clearly revealed by himself."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen
Date
1722
Metaphor
"The sole business of reason in this case is to examine and judge of the evidence that is brought to prove that any proposition about the nature of God is clearly revealed by himself."
Metaphor in Context
The sole business of reason in this case is to examine and judge of the evidence that is brought to prove that any proposition about the nature of God is clearly revealed by himself; for whatever is so revealed, we are certain is true, tho' we cannot conceive how it can be so; and therefore 'tis absurd and impertinent to argue here from reason and the nature of the thing, when the object is allow'd to be incomprehensible. The pride and vain glory of scholars, ambitious of raising a name, is a frequent cause of error and heresy. Many other texts of Scripture produc'd, that prove Christ's Divinity, and the answers of the Arians expos'd as arbitrary and unreasonable. They allow the attributes of God, his Immensity, Omniscience, Omnipresence and Eternity to be certain and indubitable, tho' 'tis as clear that they cannot comprehend them: Why then is their assent not as much due to any proposition concerning the intrinsick nature of God, when it is sufficiently revealed, tho' they cannot conceive the causes and Manner of it. Instances of Arian disingenuity and Equivocation.
(VI, pp. 296-7)
(VI, pp. 296-7)
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Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).
See Richard Blackmore, Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Richard Blackmore, Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/01/2004
Date of Review
05/16/2012
