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... observed , namely , the fufferings to which Chriftians were expofed , without any public perfecution being denounced against them by fovereign authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his filence concerning ! pears ...
... observed , namely , the fufferings to which Chriftians were expofed , without any public perfecution being denounced against them by fovereign authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his filence concerning ! pears ...
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... observed , come not from one author , but from many ) were put in , merely to induce a belief in after - ages , that the firft Chriftanis were expofed to dangers which they were not exposed to , or underwent fufferings which they did ...
... observed , come not from one author , but from many ) were put in , merely to induce a belief in after - ages , that the firft Chriftanis were expofed to dangers which they were not exposed to , or underwent fufferings which they did ...
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... observe stated days of affembling . Qur hiftories record the inftitution of the rite which we call the Lord's Supper , and a command to repeat it in perpetual fucceffion : we find , amongst the early Chriftians , the celebration of this ...
... observe stated days of affembling . Qur hiftories record the inftitution of the rite which we call the Lord's Supper , and a command to repeat it in perpetual fucceffion : we find , amongst the early Chriftians , the celebration of this ...
Page 148
... observed , begins his narra- tive by telling us , that he is about to relate the things which had been delivered by those who were minifters of the word and eye - witneffes of the fact . I do not know what information can be more ...
... observed , begins his narra- tive by telling us , that he is about to relate the things which had been delivered by those who were minifters of the word and eye - witneffes of the fact . I do not know what information can be more ...
Page 170
... - ferved by fome fingle manufcript . There is weight also in Dr. Bentley's observation , that the New Teftament has fuffered lefs injury by the errors of transcribers than the works works of any profane author of the fame fize and [ 170 ]
... - ferved by fome fingle manufcript . There is weight also in Dr. Bentley's observation , that the New Teftament has fuffered lefs injury by the errors of transcribers than the works works of any profane author of the fame fize and [ 170 ]
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