A Short and Easy Method with Deists: Wherein the Certainty of the Christian Religion is Demonstrated by Infallible Proof from Four Rules, in a Letter to a Friend |
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... pretended to no miracles , as he tells us in his Alcoran ; and those , which are com- monly told of him , pass among Mahometans themselves , as legendary fables ; and , as such , are rejected by the wise and learned among them ; as the ...
... pretended to no miracles , as he tells us in his Alcoran ; and those , which are com- monly told of him , pass among Mahometans themselves , as legendary fables ; and , as such , are rejected by the wise and learned among them ; as the ...
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... pretended revelations , ( as there are many ex- amples , especially in the church of Rome ) and so may be shaken in the faith , if they keep not to the Holy Scriptures , as their rule . We are told of him , whose coming is af ter the ...
... pretended revelations , ( as there are many ex- amples , especially in the church of Rome ) and so may be shaken in the faith , if they keep not to the Holy Scriptures , as their rule . We are told of him , whose coming is af ter the ...
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... pretends to know that ; therefore no man can certainly know , whether any event be miraculous ; and conse- quently he may be cheated in his judgment be- twixt true and false miracles . To which I answer , that men may be so cheated ...
... pretends to know that ; therefore no man can certainly know , whether any event be miraculous ; and conse- quently he may be cheated in his judgment be- twixt true and false miracles . To which I answer , that men may be so cheated ...
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... before it , though it be followed close upon the heels . The revelation , made to Moses , is older , than any history extant in the heathen world . The heathens , in imitation of him , pretended likewise 50 LESLIE ON DEISM .
... before it , though it be followed close upon the heels . The revelation , made to Moses , is older , than any history extant in the heathen world . The heathens , in imitation of him , pretended likewise 50 LESLIE ON DEISM .
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... pretended likewise to their revelations ; but I have given those marks , which distinguish them from the true ; none of them have the four marks , be- fore mentioned . Now Deists think all revelations to be equally pretended , and a ...
... pretended likewise to their revelations ; but I have given those marks , which distinguish them from the true ; none of them have the four marks , be- fore mentioned . Now Deists think all revelations to be equally pretended , and a ...
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Page 18 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 17 - And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests...
Page 17 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water...
Page 43 - Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 27 - For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
Page 16 - And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God...
Page 28 - For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.