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... measure , as being the inftruments of their own reputation and influence . The Chriftian fcheme , without formally repealing the Levitical code , low- ered its eftimation extremely . In the place of ftrictness and zeal in performing the ...
... measure , as being the inftruments of their own reputation and influence . The Chriftian fcheme , without formally repealing the Levitical code , low- ered its eftimation extremely . In the place of ftrictness and zeal in performing the ...
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... the offices and amusements of fociety . " Upon the due celebration also of its rites , the people were taught to be- lieve , and did believe , that the prosperity of their country in a great measure dé- pended . D2 of [ 35 ]
... the offices and amusements of fociety . " Upon the due celebration also of its rites , the people were taught to be- lieve , and did believe , that the prosperity of their country in a great measure dé- pended . D2 of [ 35 ]
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In Three Parts ... William Paley. of their country in a great measure dé- pended . I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which pre- vailed in the Roman world , were ...
In Three Parts ... William Paley. of their country in a great measure dé- pended . I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which pre- vailed in the Roman world , were ...
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... measure with the duties . which they taught . There was therefore , which is all that we affert , a course of life pursued by them , different from that which they before led . And this is of great im- portance . Men are brought to any ...
... measure with the duties . which they taught . There was therefore , which is all that we affert , a course of life pursued by them , different from that which they before led . And this is of great im- portance . Men are brought to any ...
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... measure of enmity from the party which he had left . The Jews at Damascus , upon his return to that city , watched the gates night and day with so much diligence , that he escaped from their hands only by being let down in a basket by ...
... measure of enmity from the party which he had left . The Jews at Damascus , upon his return to that city , watched the gates night and day with so much diligence , that he escaped from their hands only by being let down in a basket by ...
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