"There is a natural and indelible Sence of Deity, and consequently of Religion, in the Mind of Man."
— Whichcote, Benjamin (1609-1683)
Work Title
Place of Publication
J. Chalmers
Publisher
Aberdeen
Date
1698, 1751
Metaphor
"There is a natural and indelible Sence of Deity, and consequently of Religion, in the Mind of Man."
Metaphor in Context
Thus Scripture represents the State of Man's Creation; that it is the proper Imployment of Mind and Understanding, to seek after God, to act our Faculties, to feel God. Therefore it is the Depth of Degeneracy, to be without God in the World; to have God far from our Remembrance. There is a natural and indelible Sence of Deity, and consequently of Religion, in the Mind of Man. Neither is there any Plea or Apology *for the want of this. For there is no invinsible Difficulty; no Ignorance: We are not taught, but made to know. There is no Impotency: For every one can use the Parts of Nature; at least, when at Age. *There is no Impediment: For it is transacted within ones self: Not subject to the Controul of any Usurper. For, an internal Elicit Act is exempt from all the World: And may be done by the Mind, which is at liberty; when the Person is under restraint. For, unless you can keep him perpetually from himself; you cannot keep him from Reflection upon God, or from other internal Acts.
(p. 114)
(p. 114)
Categories
Provenance
Reading G. A. J. Rogers "Locke, Newton, and the Cambridge Platonists on Innate Ideas." JHI 40:2 (1979), 191-205. p. 192.
Citation
At least 3 instances in ECCO and ESTC (1698, 1742, 1751).
See Select Sermons of Dr. Whichcot [Sic] in Two Parts (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1698). <Link to EEBO>
Previously found in Benjamin Whichcote, "Discourse LVII: The illustrious Manifestations of God, and the inexcusable Ignorance of Men," The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote, vol. III (Aberdeen: J. Chalmers, 1751), page 187.
See Select Sermons of Dr. Whichcot [Sic] in Two Parts (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1698). <Link to EEBO>
Previously found in Benjamin Whichcote, "Discourse LVII: The illustrious Manifestations of God, and the inexcusable Ignorance of Men," The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote, vol. III (Aberdeen: J. Chalmers, 1751), page 187.
Date of Entry
03/22/2005
