An Analysis of Paley's Evidences of Christianity: In the Way of Question and Answer, with a Selection of Questions for Self-examination, Designed for the Use of Students in Divinity, as Well as for Counteracting the Progress of Infidelity Amongst the Middle Classes of Society |
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... circumstances , the same effect will follow universally ; and in pro- portion as this expectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience negatives the history but to expect concerning a miracle , that it should ...
... circumstances , the same effect will follow universally ; and in pro- portion as this expectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience negatives the history but to expect concerning a miracle , that it should ...
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... circumstances of exten- uation which result from our knowledge of the existence , power , and disposition of the Deity ; his concern in the creation , the end answered by the miracle , the importance of that end , and its subserviency ...
... circumstances of exten- uation which result from our knowledge of the existence , power , and disposition of the Deity ; his concern in the creation , the end answered by the miracle , the importance of that end , and its subserviency ...
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... circumstances of the times which required patience , constancy , and resolution ? Q. But why may not these passages be for- geries ? A. Because it is impossible to believe , that passages which must be deemed not only unin- telligible ...
... circumstances of the times which required patience , constancy , and resolution ? Q. But why may not these passages be for- geries ? A. Because it is impossible to believe , that passages which must be deemed not only unin- telligible ...
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... circumstances ; and , what is de- serving of notice , without the smallest discove- rable propensity to magnify the fortitude , or exaggerate the sufferings of his party . Q. Whither does our history , leaving the rest of the Apostles ...
... circumstances ; and , what is de- serving of notice , without the smallest discove- rable propensity to magnify the fortitude , or exaggerate the sufferings of his party . Q. Whither does our history , leaving the rest of the Apostles ...
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... transmitting such a history to future ages , inci- dentally disclose to us ? A. All the principal circumstances of the his- tory , as they relate to Christ and to his apostles , as well as that miracles were not only wrought , 41.
... transmitting such a history to future ages , inci- dentally disclose to us ? A. All the principal circumstances of the his- tory , as they relate to Christ and to his apostles , as well as that miracles were not only wrought , 41.
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Popular passages
Page 31 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house ; and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 165 - And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people ; and...
Page 193 - 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 23 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows, then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you. And ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Page 143 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
Page 19 - The founder of that name was Christ, who suffered death in. the reign of Tiberius, under his procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious superstition, thus checked for a while, broke out again, and spread not only over Judea, where the evil originated, but through Rome also, whither every thing bad upon the earth finds its way, and is practised.
Page 160 - ... circumstances in which they consist, to the places in which those circumstances occur, and the circuitous references by which they are traced out) demonstrates that they have not been produced by meditation, or by any fraudulent contrivance. But coincidences, from which these causes are excluded, and which are too close and numerous to be accounted for by accidental concurrences of fiction, must necessarily have truth for their foundation.
Page 195 - And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
Page 7 - I remark a want of argumentative justice, that, in describing the improbability of miracles, he suppresses all those circumstances of extenuation, which result from our knowledge of the existence, power, and disposition of the Deity, his concern in the creation, the end answered by the miracle, the importance of that end, and its subserviency to the plan pursued in the work of nature.
Page 111 - I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.