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... institution , and of those who were joined with him in the undertaking , or we are driven upon the strange supposition , that , although they might lie by , others would take it up ; although they were quiet and silent , other persons ...
... institution , and of those who were joined with him in the undertaking , or we are driven upon the strange supposition , that , although they might lie by , others would take it up ; although they were quiet and silent , other persons ...
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... institution above the rest of the world , was to advance those whom they despised to an equality with themselves , in those very points of comparison in which they most valued their own distinction , could be no very pleasing discovery ...
... institution above the rest of the world , was to advance those whom they despised to an equality with themselves , in those very points of comparison in which they most valued their own distinction , could be no very pleasing discovery ...
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... institution which they preached to others , they conformed to in their own persons ; because this is no more than what every teacher of a new religion both does , and must do , in order to obtain either proselytes or hearers . The ...
... institution which they preached to others , they conformed to in their own persons ; because this is no more than what every teacher of a new religion both does , and must do , in order to obtain either proselytes or hearers . The ...
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... institution through- out the country in which it began , and into which it was first carried ; that , in the prosecution of this purpose , they underwent the labours and troubles which we observe the propagators of new sects to un ...
... institution through- out the country in which it began , and into which it was first carried ; that , in the prosecution of this purpose , they underwent the labours and troubles which we observe the propagators of new sects to un ...
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... institution was put to death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; that it so spread , as that , This is rather a paraphrase , but is justified ...
... institution was put to death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; that it so spread , as that , This is rather a paraphrase , but is justified ...
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