A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three PartsChristian Evidence Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1872 - Apologetics - 671 pages |
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... ancient Christian Writers 153 . SECT . II . Of the peculiar Respect with which they were quoted 191 SECT . III . The Scriptures were in very early Times collected into a distinct Volume 197 SECT . IV . And distinguished by appropriate ...
... ancient Christian Writers 153 . SECT . II . Of the peculiar Respect with which they were quoted 191 SECT . III . The Scriptures were in very early Times collected into a distinct Volume 197 SECT . IV . And distinguished by appropriate ...
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... ancient and settled opinion that it was fated , that some who at that time should go forth from Judea should acquire uni- versal dominion . ] " Pluribus persuasio inerat , antiquis sacerdotum literis contineri , eo ipso tempore fore ...
... ancient and settled opinion that it was fated , that some who at that time should go forth from Judea should acquire uni- versal dominion . ] " Pluribus persuasio inerat , antiquis sacerdotum literis contineri , eo ipso tempore fore ...
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... ancient nations admitted new objects . of worship into the number of their acknow- ledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain proposals of this kind , we can argue nothing as to their toleration of a system , or ...
... ancient nations admitted new objects . of worship into the number of their acknow- ledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain proposals of this kind , we can argue nothing as to their toleration of a system , or ...
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... ancient heathens considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magis- trate , as any other part of the police . The reli- gion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated ...
... ancient heathens considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magis- trate , as any other part of the police . The reli- gion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated ...
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... ancient religion . of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the fewer , because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obscurity . Men have a natural veneration for antiquity , especially in matters of religion . What ...
... ancient religion . of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the fewer , because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obscurity . Men have a natural veneration for antiquity , especially in matters of religion . What ...
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Page 319 - they shall lay their hands on you, and ' persecute you, delivering you up to the ' synagogues, and into prisons, being brought ' before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Page 324 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains...
Page 564 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 393 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 463 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 407 - When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
Page 115 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 84 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...
Page 556 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 576 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.