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Page 43
... Christ's death , and that it relates to tranfactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the fufpicions which were entertained that emperor ...
... Christ's death , and that it relates to tranfactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the fufpicions which were entertained that emperor ...
Page 56
... Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of fome of the most eminent persons en- gaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We have ...
... Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of fome of the most eminent persons en- gaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We have ...
Page 57
... Christ , the founder of the religion , was , in confequence of his undertaking , put to death , as a male- factor , at Jerufalem . This point at least will be granted , because it is no more than what Tacitus has recorded . They then ...
... Christ , the founder of the religion , was , in confequence of his undertaking , put to death , as a male- factor , at Jerufalem . This point at least will be granted , because it is no more than what Tacitus has recorded . They then ...
Page 58
... Christ expect for themselves when they faw their mafter put to death ? Could they hope to escape the dangers , in which he had pe- rished ? If they have perfecuted me , they will also perfecute you , was the warning of common sense ...
... Christ expect for themselves when they faw their mafter put to death ? Could they hope to escape the dangers , in which he had pe- rished ? If they have perfecuted me , they will also perfecute you , was the warning of common sense ...
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... Christ filled the minds of his fol- lowers with fears and apprehenfions , with- out any reafon or authority for what he said , and contrary to the truth of the cafe ; or that , although Christ had never foretold any fuch thing , and the ...
... Christ filled the minds of his fol- lowers with fears and apprehenfions , with- out any reafon or authority for what he said , and contrary to the truth of the cafe ; or that , although Christ had never foretold any fuch thing , and the ...
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