Archdeacon Paley's View of the Evidences of Christianity ...: With a Memoir |
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... fact is the basis of the work , it was re- quisite that it should be undeniably established : superfluity of proof may be tedious , but deficiency would have been fatal . To those who shrink from the labors of weighing the detail of ...
... fact is the basis of the work , it was re- quisite that it should be undeniably established : superfluity of proof may be tedious , but deficiency would have been fatal . To those who shrink from the labors of weighing the detail of ...
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... fact , the truth of which cannot be denied ; namely , that in the commencement of the Christian religion many persons did volun- tarily undergo the severest sufferings and persecutions in confirma- tion of their faith in this system ...
... fact , the truth of which cannot be denied ; namely , that in the commencement of the Christian religion many persons did volun- tarily undergo the severest sufferings and persecutions in confirma- tion of their faith in this system ...
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... facts occasionally mentioned or re- 167 175 ferred to in Scripture , with the state of things in those times , as represented by foreign and independent accounts ... 176 CHAP . VII . - Undesigned Coincidences 195 CHAP . VIII . - Of the ...
... facts occasionally mentioned or re- 167 175 ferred to in Scripture , with the state of things in those times , as represented by foreign and independent accounts ... 176 CHAP . VII . - Undesigned Coincidences 195 CHAP . VIII . - Of the ...
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... facts strictly connected with the proposi- tions ( and therefore no farther improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected by whatever strength or complication of evidence they be ...
... facts strictly connected with the proposi- tions ( and therefore no farther improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected by whatever strength or complication of evidence they be ...
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... fact is then only contrary to ex- perience , when the fact is related to have existed at a time and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be asserted that , in a particular room ...
... fact is then only contrary to ex- perience , when the fact is related to have existed at a time and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be asserted that , in a particular room ...
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Page 173 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 32 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for ^my name's sake.
Page 135 - God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Page 242 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 179 - And the people gave a shout, saying, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 148 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 138 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 201 - Nevertheless, among the chief rulers, also, many believed on him : but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Page 57 - It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus...
Page 238 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent ; the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.