A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... given by Mr Gibbon : The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world , were all considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : ' and I would ask ...
... given by Mr Gibbon : The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world , were all considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : ' and I would ask ...
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... given by Tacitus of the species of punishment which they were made to undergo , I think it suffi- ciently probable , that these were the executions to which the poet refers . These things , as has been already observed , took place ...
... given by Tacitus of the species of punishment which they were made to undergo , I think it suffi- ciently probable , that these were the executions to which the poet refers . These things , as has been already observed , took place ...
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... given in the history , of the dangers and dis- tresses which he underwent , not only agrees , in general , with the language which he himself uses whenever he speaks of his life or ministry , but is also , in many instances , attested ...
... given in the history , of the dangers and dis- tresses which he underwent , not only agrees , in general , with the language which he himself uses whenever he speaks of his life or ministry , but is also , in many instances , attested ...
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... given up their lives with all their hearts.'48 Polycarp , the disciple of John ( though all that re- mains of his works be a very short epistle ) , has not left this subject unnoticed . ' I exhort ( says he ) all of you , that ye obey ...
... given up their lives with all their hearts.'48 Polycarp , the disciple of John ( though all that re- mains of his works be a very short epistle ) , has not left this subject unnoticed . ' I exhort ( says he ) all of you , that ye obey ...
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... given of the other apostles in the former part of the history , and within the short period which that account comprises , we find , first , two of them seized , imprisoned , brought before the Sanhedrim , and threatened with farther ...
... given of the other apostles in the former part of the history , and within the short period which that account comprises , we find , first , two of them seized , imprisoned , brought before the Sanhedrim , and threatened with farther ...
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