Philosophia pia; or, a discourse of the religious temper, and tendencies of the experimental philosophy, which is profest by the Royal Society. To which is annext a recommendation, and defence of reason in the affairs of religion / By Jos. Glanville.

  • Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
Date:
1671
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Credit: Philosophia pia; or, a discourse of the religious temper, and tendencies of the experimental philosophy, which is profest by the Royal Society. To which is annext a recommendation, and defence of reason in the affairs of religion / By Jos. Glanville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dictions of future events, and my- erions difcoverijes, which the man expreffeth fluently, and boldly, with a peculiar and pathetick elo- quence; And now thefe preg- nances being not ordinary, but much beyond the ufual cone, and temper of the Eathuftaft ; and he having heard great things of the fpivits immediate motions and in- irations, cannot well fail of be- lieving himfelf infpired, and of in- titling all the excurfions of his fancy to the immediate a&tings of the Holy Ghoft: which thoughts by the help of natural pride, and felf-love, wil work alfo exceed- ingly upon the heightned affeéti- ons, and they upon the body fofar, as to caft it fometimes into rap- tures, extafies, and deliquinuss of fenfe, in which every dreauzis tae ken