The Evidences of the Christian Religion: To which are Added Several Discourses Against Atheism and Infidelity, and in Defence of the Christian Revelation |
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... themselves against all that was faid by men of our profeffion , with this , sthat it was their trade , and that f they were paid for it : he hoped , therefore , that , he might have the more influence , the lefs he fhared frin the ...
... themselves against all that was faid by men of our profeffion , with this , sthat it was their trade , and that f they were paid for it : he hoped , therefore , that , he might have the more influence , the lefs he fhared frin the ...
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... themselves in ear- neft to the study of the way to sal- Svationgi in these Holy Writings , Swherein God has revealed it from 6 Heaven , and proposed it to the Aworld ; fecking our Religion where 6 ware ofure it is in truth to be found ...
... themselves in ear- neft to the study of the way to sal- Svationgi in these Holy Writings , Swherein God has revealed it from 6 Heaven , and proposed it to the Aworld ; fecking our Religion where 6 ware ofure it is in truth to be found ...
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... themselves to those rites and ceremonies , which had done . them so much honour . We fee the early effect which Christianity had on the minds of men in this particular , by that number of books , which were filled with the fe- crets of ...
... themselves to those rites and ceremonies , which had done . them so much honour . We fee the early effect which Christianity had on the minds of men in this particular , by that number of books , which were filled with the fe- crets of ...
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... cited , that this was a fact confeffed by Heathens themselves . V. We now fee what a multitude of Pagan teftimonies may be produced for all C 2 all those remarkable paffages , which might have been expected THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 19.
... cited , that this was a fact confeffed by Heathens themselves . V. We now fee what a multitude of Pagan teftimonies may be produced for all C 2 all those remarkable paffages , which might have been expected THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 19.
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... themselves ; fuch as the transfiguration , the agony in the garden , the appearance of Chrift after his refur- rection , and others of the like nature . It was impoffible for a Heathen author to relate these things ; because , if he had ...
... themselves ; fuch as the transfiguration , the agony in the garden , the appearance of Chrift after his refur- rection , and others of the like nature . It was impoffible for a Heathen author to relate these things ; because , if he had ...
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againſt Alcibiades Apoſtles becauſe befides beſt bleffed body Chrift Chriſtianity Church confider confideration converfed creatures dæmons death defign defire Diſciples diſcover diſtance Divine doctrine eſpecially eſtabliſhed eternity exiftence exiſtence faith fame feems fenfe fenfible fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fince firft firſt fome foul Freethinker ftate ftill fubject fuch fufferings fure goodneſs Goſpel greateſt happineſs hath Heathens heaven himſelf hiſtory holy human impoffible infinite inftances Irenæus itſelf laſt learned leaſt lived Lord mankind mind miracles moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffion Pagan paſt perfon philofophers pleaſe pleaſure poffible preſent publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe queftion raiſed reaſon religion repreſented reſpective Sadducees Saviour Saviour's hiftory ſay ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpace ſpeak ſpirits ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion truth underſtanding uſe virtue whoſe wiſdom worſhip
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Page 98 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 231 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 96 - We shall therefore utterly extinguish this melancholy thought, of our being overlooked by our Maker in the multiplicity of his works...
Page 137 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 93 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...
Page 294 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page xvii - ... there were between God and our Saviour, in reference to his kingdom. We know not what need there was to set up a head and a chieftain, in opposition to " the prince of this world, the prince of the power of the air,
Page 252 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 115 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 137 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of an human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body.