A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... circumstances , and what a crowd of witnesses , you might bring forward to prove that you really were in such a place at such a time ! In every case , except perhaps the one case of religion , every one would perceive the absurdity of ...
... circumstances , and what a crowd of witnesses , you might bring forward to prove that you really were in such a place at such a time ! In every case , except perhaps the one case of religion , every one would perceive the absurdity of ...
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... circumstances is it improbable that a revelation should be made ? Is it incredible that God should interpose for such a purpose ? Suppose Him to design for mankind a future state , is it unlikely that He should acquaint them with it ...
... circumstances is it improbable that a revelation should be made ? Is it incredible that God should interpose for such a purpose ? Suppose Him to design for mankind a future state , is it unlikely that He should acquaint them with it ...
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... circumstances in which the human species are placed , a revelation is not improbable , or not improbable in any great degree , to be a fair answer to the whole objection . But since it is an objection which stands in the very thresh ...
... circumstances in which the human species are placed , a revelation is not improbable , or not improbable in any great degree , to be a fair answer to the whole objection . But since it is an objection which stands in the very thresh ...
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... circumstances , the same effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this expec- tation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding expe- rience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle that it should ...
... circumstances , the same effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this expec- tation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding expe- rience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle that it should ...
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... circumstances of extenuation , which result from our knowledge of the existence , power , and disposition of the Deity , his concern in the creation , the end answered by the miracle , the impor- tance of that end , and its subserviency ...
... circumstances of extenuation , which result from our knowledge of the existence , power , and disposition of the Deity , his concern in the creation , the end answered by the miracle , the impor- tance of that end , and its subserviency ...
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