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... authority of our historical Scriptures ... 99 CHAPTER IX . Of the authenticity of the historical Scriptures ; in Eleven Sections .... 115 SECT . I. Quotations of the historical Scriptures by ancient Chris- tian writers ... 121 SECT . II ...
... authority of our historical Scriptures ... 99 CHAPTER IX . Of the authenticity of the historical Scriptures ; in Eleven Sections .... 115 SECT . I. Quotations of the historical Scriptures by ancient Chris- tian writers ... 121 SECT . II ...
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... authority of the Bible , almost always set out with assuming , or attempting to prove , the abstract impossibility of any revelation whatever , or any miracle in the ordinary sense of these words ; and then it is that they proceed to ...
... authority of the Bible , almost always set out with assuming , or attempting to prove , the abstract impossibility of any revelation whatever , or any miracle in the ordinary sense of these words ; and then it is that they proceed to ...
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... authority , and actuated by strong motives of opposition and resentment ; and they had to do this under a foreign government , to whose favor they made no pretensions , and which was constantly surrounded by their enemies . The well ...
... authority , and actuated by strong motives of opposition and resentment ; and they had to do this under a foreign government , to whose favor they made no pretensions , and which was constantly surrounded by their enemies . The well ...
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... authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its attention be obtained to religious controversy : but , during that time , a great deal of ill ...
... authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its attention be obtained to religious controversy : but , during that time , a great deal of ill ...
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... authority of government . Add to which , that the religious systems of those times , however ill supported by evidence , had been long established . The ancient religion of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the ...
... authority of government . Add to which , that the religious systems of those times , however ill supported by evidence , had been long established . The ancient religion of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the ...
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