A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... question why our religion is to be believed , the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . ' He will say , Because I have been told so by those who are wiser and better than ...
... question why our religion is to be believed , the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . ' He will say , Because I have been told so by those who are wiser and better than ...
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... question lies between this religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ...
... question lies between this religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ...
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... question , that no such thing was ever experi- enced , or that universal experience is against it , is to assume the subject of the controversy . Now the improbability which arises from the want ( for this properly is a want , not a ...
... question , that no such thing was ever experi- enced , or that universal experience is against it , is to assume the subject of the controversy . Now the improbability which arises from the want ( for this properly is a want , not a ...
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... question whether it be more improbable that the miracle should be true , or the testi- mony false ; and this I think a fair account of the controversy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative justice , that , in describing the ...
... question whether it be more improbable that the miracle should be true , or the testi- mony false ; and this I think a fair account of the controversy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative justice , that , in describing the ...
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... question . But , in ordinary usage , the expression of ' physically impos- sible ' is applied to what is beyond the human powers , and to any thing at variance with the present course of nature . And many persons - including some who ...
... question . But , in ordinary usage , the expression of ' physically impos- sible ' is applied to what is beyond the human powers , and to any thing at variance with the present course of nature . And many persons - including some who ...
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