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... thing elfe ; and the hypocritical and oftentatious magnified them above measure , as being the inftruments of their own reputation and influence . The Chriftian fcheme , without formally repealing the Levitical code , low- ered its ...
... thing elfe ; and the hypocritical and oftentatious magnified them above measure , as being the inftruments of their own reputation and influence . The Chriftian fcheme , without formally repealing the Levitical code , low- ered its ...
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... thing that ftrikes us is , that the 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 ...
... thing that ftrikes us is , that the 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 ...
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... things are what the Chriftians did , and what the philofophers did not : and in thefe con- fifted the activity and danger of the enter- prife . These Thirdly , it ought also to be confidered , * The best of the ancient philofophers ...
... things are what the Chriftians did , and what the philofophers did not : and in thefe con- fifted the activity and danger of the enter- prife . These Thirdly , it ought also to be confidered , * The best of the ancient philofophers ...
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... things , by fuffering a religion of which they believe nothing , to be disturbed by another of which they believe as little . They are ready themselves to conform to anything ; and are , oftentimes , amongst the foremost to procure ...
... things , by fuffering a religion of which they believe nothing , to be disturbed by another of which they believe as little . They are ready themselves to conform to anything ; and are , oftentimes , amongst the foremost to procure ...
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... thing of that fort among us . These things would retain great num- bers on its fide by the fascination of spec- tacle and pomp , as well as interest many in its preservation by the advantage which they drew from it . " It was moreover ...
... thing of that fort among us . These things would retain great num- bers on its fide by the fascination of spec- tacle and pomp , as well as interest many in its preservation by the advantage which they drew from it . " It was moreover ...
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