Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... Acts of the Apostles , thirteen Epistles of St. Paul , the First Epistle of John , and the First of Peter , were received without doubt by those who doubted concerning the other books of our present canon p . 269 SECT . IX . Our present ...
... Acts of the Apostles , thirteen Epistles of St. Paul , the First Epistle of John , and the First of Peter , were received without doubt by those who doubted concerning the other books of our present canon p . 269 SECT . IX . Our present ...
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... acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the licence of the populace , the rashness of some Magis- trates and negligence of others ; from the influence and instigation of ...
... acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the licence of the populace , the rashness of some Magis- trates and negligence of others ; from the influence and instigation of ...
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... act of power , force , or authority , was concerned in its first success , I should con- clude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the author of the religion during his life , and his immediate disciples after his ...
... act of power , force , or authority , was concerned in its first success , I should con- clude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the author of the religion during his life , and his immediate disciples after his ...
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... act , his silence concerning any subsisting law upon the subject , his requesting the emperor's rescript , and the emperor , agreably to his request , propounding a rule for his direc- tion , without reference to any prior rule , it may ...
... act , his silence concerning any subsisting law upon the subject , his requesting the emperor's rescript , and the emperor , agreably to his request , propounding a rule for his direc- tion , without reference to any prior rule , it may ...
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... Acts i . 21 , 22 . + Acts xi . adt vlovab siderable siderable numbers accepted this proposal , and that they who. 64.
... Acts i . 21 , 22 . + Acts xi . adt vlovab siderable siderable numbers accepted this proposal , and that they who. 64.
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