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If it be answered that , when we ascribe the cure of the palsy to a touch , of blindnes to the anointing of the eyes with clay , or the rising of the dead to a word , we lay ourselves open to this imputation ; we reply , that we ascribe ...
If it be answered that , when we ascribe the cure of the palsy to a touch , of blindnes to the anointing of the eyes with clay , or the rising of the dead to a word , we lay ourselves open to this imputation ; we reply , that we ascribe ...
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... durusque videtur , Abderitanę pectora plebis habes ; Nam cum dicatur , tunicā pręsente molestā , Ure † manum : plus est dicere , Non facio . VOL . I. ↑ Forsan " thure manum . ” D afterwards , by Marcus Aurelius , who ascribes it to 49.
... durusque videtur , Abderitanę pectora plebis habes ; Nam cum dicatur , tunicā pręsente molestā , Ure † manum : plus est dicere , Non facio . VOL . I. ↑ Forsan " thure manum . ” D afterwards , by Marcus Aurelius , who ascribes it to 49.
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afterwards , by Marcus Aurelius , who ascribes it to obstinacy . " Is it possible ( Epictetus asks ) that a man may arrive at this temper , and become indifferent to those things , from madness or from habit , as the Galileans * ?
afterwards , by Marcus Aurelius , who ascribes it to obstinacy . " Is it possible ( Epictetus asks ) that a man may arrive at this temper , and become indifferent to those things , from madness or from habit , as the Galileans * ?
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... Christ had never foretold any such thing , and the event would have con- tradicted him if he had , yet historians who lived in the age when the event was known , falsely , as well as officiously , ascribed these words to him , J 3.
... Christ had never foretold any such thing , and the event would have con- tradicted him if he had , yet historians who lived in the age when the event was known , falsely , as well as officiously , ascribed these words to him , J 3.
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Within which period , and notwithstanding that the late persecution occupied part of it , churches , or societies * Dr Lardner ( in which he is followed also by Dr Benson ) ascribes this cessation of the persecution of the Christians to ...
Within which period , and notwithstanding that the late persecution occupied part of it , churches , or societies * Dr Lardner ( in which he is followed also by Dr Benson ) ascribes this cessation of the persecution of the Christians to ...
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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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