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Page 50
... used by the preachers of Chriftianity to produce this ftate of things within this time . Se- condly , to a point which hath been already noticed , and which I think of importance to be observed , namely , the fufferings to which ...
... used by the preachers of Chriftianity to produce this ftate of things within this time . Se- condly , to a point which hath been already noticed , and which I think of importance to be observed , namely , the fufferings to which ...
Page 152
... used each other's works , this discovery , whilft it fubtracts indeed from their charac- ter as teftimonies ftrictly independent , dimi- nishes , I conceive , little , either their fepa- rate authority , by which I mean the autho- rity ...
... used each other's works , this discovery , whilft it fubtracts indeed from their charac- ter as teftimonies ftrictly independent , dimi- nishes , I conceive , little , either their fepa- rate authority , by which I mean the autho- rity ...
Page 171
... used a language spoken indeed where they lived , but not the common dialect of the country . This happy peculiarity is a strong proof of the genuineness of these writings ; for who fhould ་ should forge them ? TheChristian fathers were ...
... used a language spoken indeed where they lived , but not the common dialect of the country . This happy peculiarity is a strong proof of the genuineness of these writings ; for who fhould ་ should forge them ? TheChristian fathers were ...
Page 186
... used this phrase , and without qualification , of any books but what had acquired a kind of scrip- tural authority . If the paffage remarked in this ancient writing had been found in one of St. Paul's epiftles , it would have been ef ...
... used this phrase , and without qualification , of any books but what had acquired a kind of scrip- tural authority . If the paffage remarked in this ancient writing had been found in one of St. Paul's epiftles , it would have been ef ...
Page 198
... used by Poly- carp than other parts of fcripture , there are copious allufions to the gofpel of St. Mat- thew , fome to paffages found in the gospels both of Matthew and Luke , and fome which more nearly refemble the words in Luke . I ...
... used by Poly- carp than other parts of fcripture , there are copious allufions to the gofpel of St. Mat- thew , fome to paffages found in the gospels both of Matthew and Luke , and fome which more nearly refemble the words in Luke . I ...
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