A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... causes , or we at- tribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes of the operation of which we have no ex- perience . Of what causes , we may ask , and of what effects does the objection speak ? If it be answered ...
... causes , or we at- tribute effects to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to causes of the operation of which we have no ex- perience . Of what causes , we may ask , and of what effects does the objection speak ? If it be answered ...
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... causes . We perceive no virtue or energy in these things more than in other things of the same kind . They are merely signs to connect the miracle with its end . The ef- fect we ascribe simply to the volition of the Deity ; of whose ...
... causes . We perceive no virtue or energy in these things more than in other things of the same kind . They are merely signs to connect the miracle with its end . The ef- fect we ascribe simply to the volition of the Deity ; of whose ...
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... causes , without any general persecution being denounced against them by imperial authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its atten- tion ...
... causes , without any general persecution being denounced against them by imperial authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its atten- tion ...
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... causing it , the historian proceeds in his narrative and obser- vations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his largesses to the people , nor his offerings to the gods , did away the infamous imputation under which Nero lay , of ...
... causing it , the historian proceeds in his narrative and obser- vations thus : But neither these exertions , nor his largesses to the people , nor his offerings to the gods , did away the infamous imputation under which Nero lay , of ...
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... cause ; others denied that they were Christians ; others , acknowledging that they had once been Christians , de- clared that they had long ceased to be such . ' which demonstrates , that the profession of Christian- ity was at that ...
... cause ; others denied that they were Christians ; others , acknowledging that they had once been Christians , de- clared that they had long ceased to be such . ' which demonstrates , that the profession of Christian- ity was at that ...
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