Thomas Burnet Quotes

• What a rude Lump our World is that we are so apt to dote upon.

  Thomas Burnet

  Our World, Rude, World

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• ...tis a dangerous thing to ingage the authority of Scripture in disputes about the Natural World, in opposition to Reason; lest Time, which brings all things to light, should discover that to be evidently false which we had made Scripture to assert.

  Thomas Burnet

  Light, World, Scripture

  Thomas Burnet (1697). “The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of All the General Changes which it Hath Already Undergone, Or is to Undergo Till the Consummation of All Things ...”, p.18

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• It serves no purpose to man if there is no room for repentance, and he who is tormented can never grow better...let this punishment be severe, let it be bitter, nay let it be lasting, but let it at length have an end.

  Thomas Burnet

  Men, Rooms, Purpose

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