Conversations on the evidences of Christianity [by J. Marcet].1826 |
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... professes to be a divine revelation , unless it involves such evident absurdity that inquiry becomes needless . BEATRICE . The Christian would also insist further , that there is not any such evident absurdity in the supposition that ...
... professes to be a divine revelation , unless it involves such evident absurdity that inquiry becomes needless . BEATRICE . The Christian would also insist further , that there is not any such evident absurdity in the supposition that ...
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... each , appear irresistible ; yet all cannot be right ; all , except one , must be false , nay , perhaps even all are false ; yet all profess to be divine revela- tions , and , according to your argument , are 18 CONVERSATIONS ON THE.
... each , appear irresistible ; yet all cannot be right ; all , except one , must be false , nay , perhaps even all are false ; yet all profess to be divine revela- tions , and , according to your argument , are 18 CONVERSATIONS ON THE.
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... , Mohammedism cannot be from God , inasmuch as it professes to be of universal obligation , and yet commands observances which in the nature of things cannot be universally observed . The re- ligion said 26 CONVERSATIONS ON THE.
... , Mohammedism cannot be from God , inasmuch as it professes to be of universal obligation , and yet commands observances which in the nature of things cannot be universally observed . The re- ligion said 26 CONVERSATIONS ON THE.
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... professing to be demonstrations of the truth of the Christian religion ; but there is none , so far as I have ever heard , which all agree in holding forth as such . Christianity is either ca- pable of demonstration , or it is not : if ...
... professing to be demonstrations of the truth of the Christian religion ; but there is none , so far as I have ever heard , which all agree in holding forth as such . Christianity is either ca- pable of demonstration , or it is not : if ...
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... , in the nature of things , to be observed by all men ; at the same time that it professed to be of universal ob- ligation ; in any of these cases , the question would have been set at rest for ever . You have EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
... , in the nature of things , to be observed by all men ; at the same time that it professed to be of universal ob- ligation ; in any of these cases , the question would have been set at rest for ever . You have EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
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Page 363 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them : behold, they know what I said.
Page 259 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 364 - And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, said unto them ; Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people ; and behold, I having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man...
Page 238 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 266 - Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles...
Page 301 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one that mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Page 303 - Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 238 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when His Glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 363 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page 364 - We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.