Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... 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 Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the ...
... 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 Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the ...
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... Peter reminds Ananias that he had been guilty , in his be- haviour , of an officious and voluntary prevarication ; for whilst , says he , thy estate remained unsold , " was it not thine own ? and , after it was sold , was it not in ...
... Peter reminds Ananias that he had been guilty , in his be- haviour , of an officious and voluntary prevarication ; for whilst , says he , thy estate remained unsold , " was it not thine own ? and , after it was sold , was it not in ...
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... Peter , by unjust envy , under- went , not one or two , but many sufferings ; till at last being martyred , he went to the place of glory that was due unto him . For the same cause did Paul , in like man- ner , receive the reward of his ...
... Peter , by unjust envy , under- went , not one or two , but many sufferings ; till at last being martyred , he went to the place of glory that was due unto him . For the same cause did Paul , in like man- ner , receive the reward of his ...
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... Peter , and those who were present with Peter at Christ's appearance ) despised death , and were found to be above it . " Would the reader know what a persecu tion in these days was , I would refer him to a circular letter , written by ...
... Peter , and those who were present with Peter at Christ's appearance ) despised death , and were found to be above it . " Would the reader know what a persecu tion in these days was , I would refer him to a circular letter , written by ...
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... upon the correctness of single passages of it . If the whole story be not a novel , a romance ; the whole action a * 1 Cor . iv . et seq . + Acts iv . 3. 21. Acts v . 18. 40 . dream ; dream ; if Peter , and James , and Paul. 91.
... upon the correctness of single passages of it . If the whole story be not a novel , a romance ; the whole action a * 1 Cor . iv . et seq . + Acts iv . 3. 21. Acts v . 18. 40 . dream ; dream ; if Peter , and James , and Paul. 91.
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