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... 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 Gospels were red by the adversaries of ...
... 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 Gospels were red by the adversaries of ...
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... Paul , is supported by the strongest corroborating testimony that a history can receive . We are in possession of letters written by St. Paul himself upon the subject of his ministry , and either written during the period which the ...
... Paul , is supported by the strongest corroborating testimony that a history can receive . We are in possession of letters written by St. Paul himself upon the subject of his ministry , and either written during the period which the ...
Page 84
... Paul in his epistle to the Philip- pians , hath left us his attestation to this point , in the following words : " Let us take ( says he ) the examples of our own age . * 1 Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . + Philip iv . 3 . Through Through zeal and ...
... Paul in his epistle to the Philip- pians , hath left us his attestation to this point , in the following words : " Let us take ( says he ) the examples of our own age . * 1 Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . + Philip iv . 3 . Through Through zeal and ...
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... Paul , in like man- ner , receive the reward of his patience . Seven times he was in bonds ; he was whipped , was stoned ; he preached both in the east and in the west , leaving behind him the glorious report of his faith ; and so ...
... Paul , in like man- ner , receive the reward of his patience . Seven times he was in bonds ; he was whipped , was stoned ; he preached both in the east and in the west , leaving behind him the glorious report of his faith ; and so ...
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... Paul in his Epistle to the Romans , in a piece very little con- nected with historical recitals , thus speaks : " Such as have believed and suffered death for the name of Christ , and have endured with a ready mind , and have given up ...
... Paul in his Epistle to the Romans , in a piece very little con- nected with historical recitals , thus speaks : " Such as have believed and suffered death for the name of Christ , and have endured with a ready mind , and have given up ...
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