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... ftate of things within this time . Se- condly , to a point which hath been already noticed , and which I think of importance to be observed , namely , the fufferings to which Chriftians were expofed , without any public perfecution ...
... ftate of things within this time . Se- condly , to a point which hath been already noticed , and which I think of importance to be observed , namely , the fufferings to which Chriftians were expofed , without any public perfecution ...
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... ftate , " That , a few days after his departure , these persons , with some of his relations , and fome who had regularly frequented their fociety , affembled at Jerusa- lem ; that , confidering the office of preach- ing the religion as ...
... ftate , " That , a few days after his departure , these persons , with some of his relations , and fome who had regularly frequented their fociety , affembled at Jerusa- lem ; that , confidering the office of preach- ing the religion as ...
Page 89
... tive , a companion . What the epiftles of the apostles declare of the fuffering ftate of Christianity , the writ- * Acts xx . 34. + Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . ings ings which remain of their companions , and immediate followers [ 89 ]
... tive , a companion . What the epiftles of the apostles declare of the fuffering ftate of Christianity , the writ- * Acts xx . 34. + Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . ings ings which remain of their companions , and immediate followers [ 89 ]
Page 159
... ftate of almoft continual alarm , it is not pro- bable that , in this engaged , anxious , and unfettled condition of life , they would think immediately of writing hiftories for the in- formation of the public or of pofterity * . But ...
... ftate of almoft continual alarm , it is not pro- bable that , in this engaged , anxious , and unfettled condition of life , they would think immediately of writing hiftories for the in- formation of the public or of pofterity * . But ...
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... , we shall perceive that we poffefs a collection of proofs , and not a naked or folitary teftimony ; and that the written evidence is of fuch a kind , and comes " to us in fuch a ftate , as the natural M 2 to [ 163 ]
... , we shall perceive that we poffefs a collection of proofs , and not a naked or folitary teftimony ; and that the written evidence is of fuch a kind , and comes " to us in fuch a ftate , as the natural M 2 to [ 163 ]
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