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... But these things have I told you , that when the time shall come , ye may re- member that I told you of them § . " . nor me . * Matt . xxiv . 9 . † Mark , iv . 17. See also chap , x . 30 . ‡ Luke , xxi . 12-16 . See also chap . xi .
... But these things have I told you , that when the time shall come , ye may re- member that I told you of them § . " . nor me . * Matt . xxiv . 9 . † Mark , iv . 17. See also chap , x . 30 . ‡ Luke , xxi . 12-16 . See also chap . xi .
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This is expressly affirmed by Saint Luke , in his brief , but as I think , very important and instructive preface : " Forasmuch ( says the evangelist ) as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which ...
This is expressly affirmed by Saint Luke , in his brief , but as I think , very important and instructive preface : " Forasmuch ( says the evangelist ) as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which ...
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The Gospels which bear the name of Mark and Luke , although not the narra- tives of eye - witnesses , are , if genuine , removed from that only by one degree . They are the narratives of contemporary writers , of writers themselves ...
The Gospels which bear the name of Mark and Luke , although not the narra- tives of eye - witnesses , are , if genuine , removed from that only by one degree . They are the narratives of contemporary writers , of writers themselves ...
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Again , al- though the Gospels both of Matthew and John could be supposed to be spurious , yet , if the Gospel of Saint Luke were truly the composition of that person , or of any person , be his name what it might , who was actually in ...
Again , al- though the Gospels both of Matthew and John could be supposed to be spurious , yet , if the Gospel of Saint Luke were truly the composition of that person , or of any person , be his name what it might , who was actually in ...
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For , let the most disadvantageous supposition possible be made concerning them ; let it be allowed , what I should have no great difficulty in admitting , that Mark compiled his history almost entirely from those of Matthew and Luke ...
For , let the most disadvantageous supposition possible be made concerning them ; let it be allowed , what I should have no great difficulty in admitting , that Mark compiled his history almost entirely from those of Matthew and Luke ...
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Page 81 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 71 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 58 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the Lord Is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 58 - Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Page 90 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 33 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Page 59 - ... so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure : which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer...
Page 96 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...
Page 239 - Sun-day" all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits ; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Page 340 - I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
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| Title | A view of the evidences of Christianity, Volume 1 A view of the evidences of Christianity, William Paley |
| Author | William Paley |
| Published | 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Apr 2007 |
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