A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... concerning the other books of our present canon .... SECT . IX . Our present Gospels were considered by the adversaries of Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded .... 162 166 SECT . X. Formal ...
... concerning the other books of our present canon .... SECT . IX . Our present Gospels were considered by the adversaries of Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded .... 162 166 SECT . X. Formal ...
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... concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so contradictory to what we already believe of the divine power and character , that either the propositions themselves , or facts strictly connected with the propositions ...
... concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so contradictory to what we already believe of the divine power and character , that either the propositions themselves , or facts strictly connected with the propositions ...
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... concerning a miracle that it should succeed upon repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle , which is contrary to its nature as such , and would totally destroy the use and purpose for which it was wrought ...
... concerning a miracle that it should succeed upon repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle , which is contrary to its nature as such , and would totally destroy the use and purpose for which it was wrought ...
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... concerning this system , he is probably , so far , on a level with its authors . Here is a specimen ( to which many more might have been added ) of the transcendental style in which some of these philo- sophers seek to enlighten mankind ...
... concerning this system , he is probably , so far , on a level with its authors . Here is a specimen ( to which many more might have been added ) of the transcendental style in which some of these philo- sophers seek to enlighten mankind ...
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... concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their disbelief of it . These philosophers did not go about from place to place to collect proselytes from amongst the common people ; to form in the heart of the country socie ...
... concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their disbelief of it . These philosophers did not go about from place to place to collect proselytes from amongst the common people ; to form in the heart of the country socie ...
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