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... because I have met with no ferious perfon who thinks that even under the Chriftian revelation we have too much light , or any degree of affu- rance which is fuperfluous . I defire more- over that in judging of Christianity it may be ...
... because I have met with no ferious perfon who thinks that even under the Chriftian revelation we have too much light , or any degree of affu- rance which is fuperfluous . I defire more- over that in judging of Christianity it may be ...
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... because , when these are related , it is expected that , under the fame circumstances , the fame effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this expectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience ...
... because , when these are related , it is expected that , under the fame circumstances , the fame effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this expectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience ...
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... because the experienced , fate of reformers , whenever the reformation fubverts fome reigning opinion , and does not proceed upon a change already taken place in the sentiments of a country , will not al- * Ap . 1. p . 16 , ed . Thirl ...
... because the experienced , fate of reformers , whenever the reformation fubverts fome reigning opinion , and does not proceed upon a change already taken place in the sentiments of a country , will not al- * Ap . 1. p . 16 , ed . Thirl ...
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... and sometimes not the fewer because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obfcurity . Men have a natural vene- ration for antiquity , efpecially in matters of religion . religion . What Tacitus fays of the Jew ifh , [ 34 ]
... and sometimes not the fewer because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obfcurity . Men have a natural vene- ration for antiquity , efpecially in matters of religion . religion . What Tacitus fays of the Jew ifh , [ 34 ]
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... because this is no more than what every teacher of a new religion both does , and muft do , in order to obtain either profelytes or hearers . The change which this would produce was very confiderable . It is a change which we do not ...
... because this is no more than what every teacher of a new religion both does , and muft do , in order to obtain either profelytes or hearers . The change which this would produce was very confiderable . It is a change which we do not ...
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