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... respects also , ungrateful to Jewish habits and principles . Their own religion was in a high degree technical . Even the enlightened Jew placed a great deal of stress upon the ceremonies of his law , saw in them a great deal of virtue ...
... respects also , ungrateful to Jewish habits and principles . Their own religion was in a high degree technical . Even the enlightened Jew placed a great deal of stress upon the ceremonies of his law , saw in them a great deal of virtue ...
Page 108
... respects new and fingular , From the clear and acknowledged parts of the case , I think it to be likewise in the highest degree probable , that the story , for which these persons voluntarily exposed themselves to the fatigues and ...
... respects new and fingular , From the clear and acknowledged parts of the case , I think it to be likewise in the highest degree probable , that the story , for which these persons voluntarily exposed themselves to the fatigues and ...
Page 160
... respect proportioned to the character of the writer . Accounts in the mean time would get abroad , of the extraordinary things that had been passing , written with different degrees of information and correctness . The extenfion of the ...
... respect proportioned to the character of the writer . Accounts in the mean time would get abroad , of the extraordinary things that had been passing , written with different degrees of information and correctness . The extenfion of the ...
Page 161
... respect with which we may suppose that such letters would be received . But as these letters were not written to prove the truth of the Chrif- tian religion , in the sense in which we re- gard that question ; nor to convey informa- tion ...
... respect with which we may suppose that such letters would be received . But as these letters were not written to prove the truth of the Chrif- tian religion , in the sense in which we re- gard that question ; nor to convey informa- tion ...
Page 162
... every one , and received by Christians with so much respect and defe- rence , as to be constantly quoted and refer- red to by them without any doubt of the truth 1 truth of their accounts . They were treated as such [ 162 ]
... every one , and received by Christians with so much respect and defe- rence , as to be constantly quoted and refer- red to by them without any doubt of the truth 1 truth of their accounts . They were treated as such [ 162 ]
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