 | William Warburton (bp. of Gloucester.) - 1753 - 352 Seiten
...The beginning of every thing is noV thing more than its beginning to be in a new flate. . « '; — No quality or power of nature then began to '"•^...been from "''all eternity began then to be in a new fate. Afk « what fire, light, darknefs, air, water, and earth " are ; They are and can be nothing... | |
 | William Law - 1908 - 204 Seiten
...that is called the beginning of time which is, properly speaking, only the beginning of the measure of duration. Thus it is with all temporal nature,...qualities and powers of temporal beings that live in it: not quality ot power of nature then began to be, but such qualities and powers as had been from all... | |
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Time itself does not begin to be, but Duration, which always was, began to be measured by the Earth's turning round, or the rising and setting of the Sun, and that is called the Beginning of Time, which is, properly speaking, only the Beginning of the... 