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... . That it was , in the main , the Story which we have now , proved by indirect Considerations 60 CHAP . VIII . The same proved from the Authority of our historical Scriptures 76 CHAP . IX . Of the Authenticity of the historical 43799.
... . That it was , in the main , the Story which we have now , proved by indirect Considerations 60 CHAP . VIII . The same proved from the Authority of our historical Scriptures 76 CHAP . IX . Of the Authenticity of the historical 43799.
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... authority , is it certain that such miracles would be repeated so often , and in so many places , as to become objects of general experience ? Is it a probability approaching to certainty ? Is it a probability of any great strength or ...
... authority , is it certain that such miracles would be repeated so often , and in so many places , as to become objects of general experience ? Is it a probability approaching to certainty ? Is it a probability of any great strength or ...
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... authority , and actuated by strong motives of opposition and re- sentment ; and they had to do this under a foreign government , to whose favour they made no pretensions , and which was constantly surrounded by their enemies . The well ...
... authority , and actuated by strong motives of opposition and re- sentment ; and they had to do this under a foreign government , to whose favour they made no pretensions , and which was constantly surrounded by their enemies . The well ...
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... authority , or protection , could execute their mission with personal ease and safety . Let us next inquire , what might reasonably be ex- pected by the preachers of Christianity when they turned themselves to the heathen public . Now ...
... authority , or protection , could execute their mission with personal ease and safety . Let us next inquire , what might reasonably be ex- pected by the preachers of Christianity when they turned themselves to the heathen public . Now ...
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... authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , * The best of the ancient philosophers , Plato , Cicero , and Epictetus , allowed , or rather enjoined , men to worship the gods of the country , and in the established form . See ...
... authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , * The best of the ancient philosophers , Plato , Cicero , and Epictetus , allowed , or rather enjoined , men to worship the gods of the country , and in the established form . See ...
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