Psalmanazar, George (1679?-1763)

An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa: an Island Subject to the Emperor of Japan

London

Printed for Dan. Brown; G. Strahan, and W. Davis; Fran. Coggan; and Bernard Lintott

1704

"Some think that the notion of God is imprinted on the Hearts of all Men by nature; others deny that there is any such Idea of a God in the Minds of Men by nature."

But before I proceed to these Arguments, it may be necessary to observe the various Opinions of learned Men concerning the means of attaining the Knowledge of God: Some think that the notion of God is imprinted on the Hearts of all Men by nature; others deny that there is any such Idea of a God in the Minds of Men by nature: Some think that the Knowledge of God is convey'd to us by Revelation, or deriv'd by Tradition from the first Man, who was immediately created by God. But without entring upon a nice Examination of these several Opinions, I hope this will be granted on all Hands, That by the right use of our rational Faculties, with the help of those Principles that are known by the Light of Nature, we may may arrive at the certain Knowledge of God, whose Existence therefore I shall endeavour to demonstrate by the following Arguments. (p. 49)

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An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa: An Island Subject to the Emperor of Japan. To Which Is Prefix'd, a Preface in Vindication of Himself from the Reflections of a Jesuit (London: Printed for Dan. Brown; G. Strahan, and W. Davis; Fran. Coggan; and Bernard Lintott, 1704). <Link to ECCO-TCP>

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