Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... proof , or even that , by arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable . It is enough that we are able to say concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so con- tradictory to what we ...
... proof , or even that , by arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable . It is enough that we are able to say concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so con- tradictory to what we ...
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... proof , and to all future reasoning upon the sub- ject , it may be necessary , before we pro- ceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which principle is concisely this , that it is contrary to ...
... proof , and to all future reasoning upon the sub- ject , it may be necessary , before we pro- ceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which principle is concisely this , that it is contrary to ...
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... we ascribe simply to the volition of the Deity ; of whose existence and power , not to say of whose presence and agency , we have previous and independent proof . We have therefore all we seek for in the works of. have 10.
... we ascribe simply to the volition of the Deity ; of whose existence and power , not to say of whose presence and agency , we have previous and independent proof . We have therefore all we seek for in the works of. have 10.
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... proof by telling us , that we are not obliged to explain how the story or the evidence arose . I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps to shew by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might so happen ...
... proof by telling us , that we are not obliged to explain how the story or the evidence arose . I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps to shew by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might so happen ...
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... proof , that the original teachers of Christianity , in consequence of their new profession , entered upon a new and sin- We gular course of life . We may be allowed to presume , that the institution which they preached to others , they ...
... proof , that the original teachers of Christianity , in consequence of their new profession , entered upon a new and sin- We gular course of life . We may be allowed to presume , that the institution which they preached to others , they ...
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