Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... present canon p . 269 SECT . IX . Our present Gospels were red by the adversaries of Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded SECT . X. Formal catalogues of authentic Scriptures were published , in ...
... present canon p . 269 SECT . IX . Our present Gospels were red by the adversaries of Christianity , as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded SECT . X. Formal catalogues of authentic Scriptures were published , in ...
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... and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be asserted , that in a particular room , and at a particular hour of a certain day , day , a man was raised from the dead ,. 6.
... and place , at which time and place we being present did not perceive it to exist ; as if it should be asserted , that in a particular room , and at a particular hour of a certain day , day , a man was raised from the dead ,. 6.
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... present and looking on perceived no such event to have taken place . Here the assertion is contrary to experience properly so called ; and this is a contra- riety which no evidence can surmount . It matters nothing , whether the fact be ...
... present and looking on perceived no such event to have taken place . Here the assertion is contrary to experience properly so called ; and this is a contra- riety which no evidence can surmount . It matters nothing , whether the fact be ...
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... that regulate human af- fairs and human conduct at present , or which makes men then to have been a different kind of beings from what they are now . ancordent fact . TO QUIDONED But Now to proceed in may be called Mr. But the. 12.
... that regulate human af- fairs and human conduct at present , or which makes men then to have been a different kind of beings from what they are now . ancordent fact . TO QUIDONED But Now to proceed in may be called Mr. But the. 12.
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... or recommending to us at present , did not by any means facilitate the plan then . On the contrary , to disparage those quali- ties which the highest characters in the country country valued themselves most upon , was a sure way. 22.
... or recommending to us at present , did not by any means facilitate the plan then . On the contrary , to disparage those quali- ties which the highest characters in the country country valued themselves most upon , was a sure way. 22.
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