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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Page vii
... Character CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's Character CHAPTER VI . Conformity of the Facts occasionally mentioned or referred to in Scripture , with the State of Things in those Times , as represented by foreign and indepen- dent ...
... Character CHAPTER V. Originality of Christ's Character CHAPTER VI . Conformity of the Facts occasionally mentioned or referred to in Scripture , with the State of Things in those Times , as represented by foreign and indepen- dent ...
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... character , the undesigned coincidences of Scripture , & c . For a due ap- preciation of this internal evidence it is not necessary to take more for granted than that the inquirer is able to distinguish between truth and falsehood ...
... character , the undesigned coincidences of Scripture , & c . For a due ap- preciation of this internal evidence it is not necessary to take more for granted than that the inquirer is able to distinguish between truth and falsehood ...
Page xiii
... character of the Apostles , the co - operation of Divine grace needs not to be presupposed ; but simply that the moral sentiments should be in a state of healthy activity . A virtuous Deist is , or ought to be , as good a judge of these ...
... character of the Apostles , the co - operation of Divine grace needs not to be presupposed ; but simply that the moral sentiments should be in a state of healthy activity . A virtuous Deist is , or ought to be , as good a judge of these ...
Page xv
... character , and miracles and prophecy especially stand in its way . Between the two , such works as that of Paley had fallen into some disrepute . So much the more is it necessary to recall men's attention to the reasonable grounds of ...
... character , and miracles and prophecy especially stand in its way . Between the two , such works as that of Paley had fallen into some disrepute . So much the more is it necessary to recall men's attention to the reasonable grounds of ...
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... character , that either the propositions them- selves , or facts strictly connected with the propo- sitions ( and , therefore , no further improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected ...
... character , that either the propositions them- selves , or facts strictly connected with the propo- sitions ( and , therefore , no further improbable than they are improbable ) , ought to be rejected at first sight , and to be rejected ...
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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.