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... thefe causes , without any general perfecution be- ing denounced against them by imperial au- thority . Some length of time , I should fup- pose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in mo- tion , or ...
... thefe causes , without any general perfecution be- ing denounced against them by imperial au- thority . Some length of time , I should fup- pose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in mo- tion , or ...
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... thefe three claffes of men were the Chriftian miffionaries to look for protection or impunity ? Could they expect it from the people , " whofe ac- knowledged confidence in the public reli- gion " they fubverted from its foundation ...
... thefe three claffes of men were the Chriftian miffionaries to look for protection or impunity ? Could they expect it from the people , " whofe ac- knowledged confidence in the public reli- gion " they fubverted from its foundation ...
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... thefe executions ; and exhibited at the fame time a mock Cir- cenfian entertainment , being a fpectator of the whole in the drefs of a charioteer , fome- times mingling with the crowd on foot , and sometimes viewing the fpectacles from ...
... thefe executions ; and exhibited at the fame time a mock Cir- cenfian entertainment , being a fpectator of the whole in the drefs of a charioteer , fome- times mingling with the crowd on foot , and sometimes viewing the fpectacles from ...
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... thefe informations , many had been apprehended , of whom fome boldly avowed their profeffion , and died in the cause ; others denied that they were Chris- tians ; others , acknowledging that they had once been Christians , declared that ...
... thefe informations , many had been apprehended , of whom fome boldly avowed their profeffion , and died in the cause ; others denied that they were Chris- tians ; others , acknowledging that they had once been Christians , declared that ...
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... arguments and difcourfes built upon thefe facts , either referring to them , or ne- ceffarily prefuppofing them , I remark this variety , because in examin- ing ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony ing [ 56 ]
... arguments and difcourfes built upon thefe facts , either referring to them , or ne- ceffarily prefuppofing them , I remark this variety , because in examin- ing ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony ing [ 56 ]
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