A view of the evidences of Christianity. With annotations by R. Whately1859 |
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... discourses built upon these facts , either referring to them , or necessarily presupposing them . I remark this variety , because , in examining ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony , it is , in my opinion , of the ...
... discourses built upon these facts , either referring to them , or necessarily presupposing them . I remark this variety , because , in examining ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony , it is , in my opinion , of the ...
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... discourse , which Christ held with the beloved disciple , proves that the characters and the discourse were already public . And the observation which these instances afford , is of equal validity for the purpose of the present argument ...
... discourse , which Christ held with the beloved disciple , proves that the characters and the discourse were already public . And the observation which these instances afford , is of equal validity for the purpose of the present argument ...
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... discourses ; writing from personal knowledge and recollection ; and , what strengthens their testimony , writing upon a subject in which their minds were deeply engaged , and in which , as they must have been very frequently repeating ...
... discourses ; writing from personal knowledge and recollection ; and , what strengthens their testimony , writing upon a subject in which their minds were deeply engaged , and in which , as they must have been very frequently repeating ...
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... discourses , as well as brief me- moirs of some passages of his life had been committed to writing at the time , and that such written accounts had by both authors been occasionally admitted into their histories . Either suppo- sition ...
... discourses , as well as brief me- moirs of some passages of his life had been committed to writing at the time , and that such written accounts had by both authors been occasionally admitted into their histories . Either suppo- sition ...
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... discourses and exhortations to the disciples of the institution at large , which would be received , and read with a respect proportioned to the character of the writer . Accounts in the mean time would get abroad of the extraordinary ...
... discourses and exhortations to the disciples of the institution at large , which would be received , and read with a respect proportioned to the character of the writer . Accounts in the mean time would get abroad of the extraordinary ...
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Page 116 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 253 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 96 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word : It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 262 - Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 358 - 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 263 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God...
Page 210 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee ; His visage was so marred more than any man, And his form more than the sons of men...
Page 375 - And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree...
Page 253 - But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Page 215 - As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.