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Page 140
... affumed , in every Christian writing , of every description , which hath come down to us . And if our evidence ftopped here , we should have a ftrong cafe to offer : for we should have to alledge , that , in the reign of have [ 140 ]
... affumed , in every Christian writing , of every description , which hath come down to us . And if our evidence ftopped here , we should have a ftrong cafe to offer : for we should have to alledge , that , in the reign of have [ 140 ]
Page 144
... writing from perfonal know- ledge and recollection ; and , what strengthens their teftimony , writing upon a subject in which their minds were deeply engaged , and in which , as they must have been very fre- quently repeating the ...
... writing from perfonal know- ledge and recollection ; and , what strengthens their teftimony , writing upon a subject in which their minds were deeply engaged , and in which , as they must have been very fre- quently repeating the ...
Page 149
... writing till fome ages after their times , or at least that no hiftories , but what had been compofed fome ages af- terwards , had reached our hands ; we should have faid , and with reafon , that we were willing to believe these men ...
... writing till fome ages after their times , or at least that no hiftories , but what had been compofed fome ages af- terwards , had reached our hands ; we should have faid , and with reafon , that we were willing to believe these men ...
Page 151
... writings , the genuineness of any one of which is almoft fufficient to prove the truth of the religion : it contains , however , four diftinct hiftories , the genuine- nefs of any one of which is perfeâly fuf- ficient . If , therefore ...
... writings , the genuineness of any one of which is almoft fufficient to prove the truth of the religion : it contains , however , four diftinct hiftories , the genuine- nefs of any one of which is perfeâly fuf- ficient . If , therefore ...
Page 152
... it follows , that the writings from which he made it exifted " in the times of the apoftles , and not only fo , but that they were then in such esteem and credit that a companion of the apoftles form- ed a credit [ 15 ]
... it follows , that the writings from which he made it exifted " in the times of the apoftles , and not only fo , but that they were then in such esteem and credit that a companion of the apoftles form- ed a credit [ 15 ]
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