Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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Page vii
... notice which I regard as the most flatter- ing distinction of my life . I am , My Lord , With sentiments of gratitude and respect , Your Lordship's faithful And most obliged servant , W. PALEY . -ogbuj @gid boiliting od Saxe of gob ...
... notice which I regard as the most flatter- ing distinction of my life . I am , My Lord , With sentiments of gratitude and respect , Your Lordship's faithful And most obliged servant , W. PALEY . -ogbuj @gid boiliting od Saxe of gob ...
Page 40
... notice in the first place : because , so far as this evidence goes , it is the concession of adversaries ; the source from which it is drawn is unsuspected . Under this head , a quotation from Tacitus , well known to every scholar ...
... notice in the first place : because , so far as this evidence goes , it is the concession of adversaries ; the source from which it is drawn is unsuspected . Under this head , a quotation from Tacitus , well known to every scholar ...
Page 72
... notice , without the smallest discoverable propen- pensity in the historian to magnify the for- titude , or exaggerate the sufferings of his party . When they fled for their lives , he * Acts xii . 1 . + Acts xii . 3-17 . tells tells us ...
... notice , without the smallest discoverable propen- pensity in the historian to magnify the for- titude , or exaggerate the sufferings of his party . When they fled for their lives , he * Acts xii . 1 . + Acts xii . 3-17 . tells tells us ...
Page 73
... notice . When the apostles were carried a second time before the Sanhedrim , he is careful to observe that they were brought without violence . When milder councils were suggested , he gives us the author of the advice , and the speech ...
... notice . When the apostles were carried a second time before the Sanhedrim , he is careful to observe that they were brought without violence . When milder councils were suggested , he gives us the author of the advice , and the speech ...
Page 108
... notices of the affair , which are found in heathen writers , so far as they do go , go along with us . They bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor ...
... notices of the affair , which are found in heathen writers , so far as they do go , go along with us . They bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor ...
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