A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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Page 51
... notice in the first place : because , so far as this evidence goes , it is the concession of adversaries ; the source from which it is drawn , is unsuspected . Under this head a quotation from Tacitus , well known to every scholar ...
... notice in the first place : because , so far as this evidence goes , it is the concession of adversaries ; the source from which it is drawn , is unsuspected . Under this head a quotation from Tacitus , well known to every scholar ...
Page 61
... notice the ordinary occurrences of the world : partly , no doubt , for the like reason , that they were really familiar with miracles ; partly , too , because to them these miracles had long been contemplated only as subservient ...
... notice the ordinary occurrences of the world : partly , no doubt , for the like reason , that they were really familiar with miracles ; partly , too , because to them these miracles had long been contemplated only as subservient ...
Page 68
... notice , without the smallest discoverable propensity in the historian to magnify the fortitude , or exaggerate the sufferings , of his party . When they fled for their lives , he tells us . When the churches had rest , he remarks it ...
... notice , without the smallest discoverable propensity in the historian to magnify the fortitude , or exaggerate the sufferings , of his party . When they fled for their lives , he tells us . When the churches had rest , he remarks it ...
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... notices of the affair , which are found in heathen writers , so far as they do go , go along with us . They bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor ...
... notices of the affair , which are found in heathen writers , so far as they do go , go along with us . They bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor ...
Page 88
... notice taken of Christianity in the Mishna , a collection of Jewish traditions compiled about the year 180 , although it contains a Tract De Cultu peregrino , Of strange or idolatrous Worship ; yet it cannot be disputed but that ...
... notice taken of Christianity in the Mishna , a collection of Jewish traditions compiled about the year 180 , although it contains a Tract De Cultu peregrino , Of strange or idolatrous Worship ; yet it cannot be disputed but that ...
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