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... character • 257 CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's character 266 CHAPTER VI . Conformity of the facts occasionally mentioned or referred to in Scripture , with the state of things in those times , as repre- sented by foreign and ...
... character • 257 CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's character 266 CHAPTER VI . Conformity of the facts occasionally mentioned or referred to in Scripture , with the state of things in those times , as repre- sented by foreign and ...
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... character stands in strong contrast to that of ordinary men ; and that while experience is constantly stripping off the fair outside from vain pretenders , and detecting the wrong motives which adul- terate the seeming virtue of others ...
... character stands in strong contrast to that of ordinary men ; and that while experience is constantly stripping off the fair outside from vain pretenders , and detecting the wrong motives which adul- terate the seeming virtue of others ...
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... character , that either the propositions themselves , or facts strictly connected with the propositions ( and therefore no farther improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected by ...
... character , that either the propositions themselves , or facts strictly connected with the propositions ( and therefore no farther improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected by ...
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... character of such Beings as savages actually are . In reality , such a process of inventions and improvements as that just described , is what never did , and never possibly can , take place in any savage tribe left wholly to themselves ...
... character of such Beings as savages actually are . In reality , such a process of inventions and improvements as that just described , is what never did , and never possibly can , take place in any savage tribe left wholly to themselves ...
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... character as would never be reckoned miraculous by any one ; and that therefore it is to be at once pronounced incredible , by whatever proofs attested ; which is just saying , in a slightly circuitous way , that no miracle is credible ...
... character as would never be reckoned miraculous by any one ; and that therefore it is to be at once pronounced incredible , by whatever proofs attested ; which is just saying , in a slightly circuitous way , that no miracle is credible ...
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