An History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ, Compiled from Original Writers: Proving that the Christian Church was at First Unitarian. By Joseph Priestley, ...author, 1786 |
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... believe myself to be fo ) it is , from habit , no great pain to me to be confidered in a different light . To my enemies , therefore , who have already calumniated me fo grofsly , I make no apo- logy , and of them I afk no favour . I ...
... believe myself to be fo ) it is , from habit , no great pain to me to be confidered in a different light . To my enemies , therefore , who have already calumniated me fo grofsly , I make no apo- logy , and of them I afk no favour . I ...
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... believe things fo myfterious without the clearest and most exprefs evi- dence . There is alfo another confideration which I would recommend to those who main- tain that Chrift is either God , or the maker of the world under God . It is ...
... believe things fo myfterious without the clearest and most exprefs evi- dence . There is alfo another confideration which I would recommend to those who main- tain that Chrift is either God , or the maker of the world under God . It is ...
Page 48
... believe it , as it implies a contradiction , which no miracles can prove . I ask then , wherein does the Athanafian doctrine of the trinity differ from a contra- diction ? It afferts in effect that nothing is wanting to either the ...
... believe it , as it implies a contradiction , which no miracles can prove . I ask then , wherein does the Athanafian doctrine of the trinity differ from a contra- diction ? It afferts in effect that nothing is wanting to either the ...
Page 63
... believe " that he will come again to raise all the " dead , and to judge the world ; but this " doctrine of Chrift having made the world " is quite another thing . It was not taught by Mofes , or by Chrift , and therefore , we cannot ...
... believe " that he will come again to raise all the " dead , and to judge the world ; but this " doctrine of Chrift having made the world " is quite another thing . It was not taught by Mofes , or by Chrift , and therefore , we cannot ...
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... believe that Chrift made the world , and that he constantly preferves and governs it , must certainly confider him as enjoying a very high rank in the fcale of divinity , whatever reason they may have to decline giving him the title of ...
... believe that Chrift made the world , and that he constantly preferves and governs it , must certainly confider him as enjoying a very high rank in the fcale of divinity , whatever reason they may have to decline giving him the title of ...
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Page 226 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 45 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 309 - Creed I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
Page 45 - Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things ? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Page 242 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 68 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 192 - Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
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Page 316 - Him ; by whom all things were made, and without whom nothing was made...
Page 152 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.