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... used by the preachers of Christianity to produce this state 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 Christianity to produce this state 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 , whilst it fubtracts indeed from their charac- ter as teftimonies strictly independent , dimi- nishes , I conceive , little , either their sepa- rate authority , by which I mean the autho- rity ...
... used each other's works , this discovery , whilst it fubtracts indeed from their charac- ter as teftimonies strictly independent , dimi- nishes , I conceive , little , either their sepa- 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 should 1 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 should 1 should forge them ? TheChristian fathers were ...
Page 172
... used chiefly , perhaps almost entirely , the gospel of St. Matthew , and therefore cannot be fufpected of forging the rest of the facred writings . The argument , at any rate , proves the antiquity of these books ; that they be- longed ...
... used chiefly , perhaps almost entirely , the gospel of St. Matthew , and therefore cannot be fufpected of forging the rest of the facred writings . The argument , at any rate , proves the antiquity of these books ; that they be- longed ...
Page 186
... used this phrafe , and without qualification , of any books but what had acquired a kind of fcrip- tural authority . If the passage remarked in this ancient writing had been found in one of St. Paul's epistles , it would have been ef ...
... used this phrafe , and without qualification , of any books but what had acquired a kind of fcrip- tural authority . If the passage remarked in this ancient writing had been found in one of St. Paul's epistles , it would have been ef ...
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Acts affertion alledged alluſions almoſt alſo amongst ancient apostles aſcribed atteſtation authority becauſe beſide biſhop cafe caſe cauſe Celfus CHAP Chrif Chriſt Chriſtian writers church circumſtance Clement Clement of Alexandria compoſed confiderable conſequence courſe diſciples epiſtle eſtabliſhed Eufebius evangeliſts evidence exiſted faid falſe fame firſt fome four goſpels fuch fufferings goſpels hiſtorian hiſtory inſtances inſtitution Irenĉus itſelf Jerufalem Jeſus Jews John Judea Juſtin laſt leſs Lord Luke Matthew meaſure miracles moſt muſt obſerved original paſſage paſſed perfecution perſons Polycarp poſition preſent preſerved proof propoſition publiſhed purpoſe queſtion quoted raiſed reaſon refurrection religion reſpect ſame ſay ſcriptures ſecond ſect ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſeparate ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhort ſhould ſituation ſociety ſome ſpeak ſpecies ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſupport ſuppoſe Tacitus Tatian teftimony Tertullian Testament themſelves theſe accounts theſe books things thoſe tion tranſaction truth univerſally uſed viſion whoſe witneſſes words writings written