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... 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 and efficacy ; the grofs and vulgar had fcarcely any thing elfe ; and ...
... 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 and efficacy ; the grofs and vulgar had fcarcely any thing elfe ; and ...
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... religion . That is a fact which will not be difputed . They therefore who stood forth to preach the religion , must neceffarily reproach these rulers with an execution , which they could not but represent as an unjust and cruel murder ...
... religion . That is a fact which will not be difputed . They therefore who stood forth to preach the religion , must neceffarily reproach these rulers with an execution , which they could not but represent as an unjust and cruel murder ...
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... religion of the coun- try , it would , if left to itself , animadvert , either with much vigilance , or much feve- rity , upon the fchifms and controverfies which arofe within it . Yet there was that in Christianity which might eafily ...
... religion of the coun- try , it would , if left to itself , animadvert , either with much vigilance , or much feve- rity , upon the fchifms and controverfies which arofe within it . Yet there was that in Christianity which might eafily ...
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... religion they carried . with them was exclufive . It denied with- out referve the truth of every article of hea- then mythology , the existence of every ob- ject of their worship . It accepted no com- promife : it admitted no ...
... religion they carried . with them was exclufive . It denied with- out referve the truth of every article of hea- then mythology , the existence of every ob- ject of their worship . It accepted no com- promife : it admitted no ...
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... religious controverfy : but , during that time , a great deal of ill ufage might be endured , by a fet of friendlefs , unprotected travellers , telling men , wherever they came , that the religion of their ancestors , the religion in ...
... religious controverfy : but , during that time , a great deal of ill ufage might be endured , by a fet of friendlefs , unprotected travellers , telling men , wherever they came , that the religion of their ancestors , the religion in ...
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