A Series of Important Facts Demonstrating the Truth of the Christian Religion: Drawn from the Writings of Its Friends and Enemies in the First and Second CenturiesR. Hunter (succ. to Mr. Johnson), 1820 - 215 pages |
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... possessed very extraordinary fortitude and virtue ; and he anticipates the question which the adversary might put : " Whether any men then ex- isted , or ever had existed , that realized the character which he was delineating ? " The ...
... possessed very extraordinary fortitude and virtue ; and he anticipates the question which the adversary might put : " Whether any men then ex- isted , or ever had existed , that realized the character which he was delineating ? " The ...
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... possessing the characters of knowledge and truth in the law . Paulina Fulvia , a woman of rank , whose husband was in habits of friendship with the emperor , had become a convert to the Gospel . She entrusted to this Jew and his ...
... possessing the characters of knowledge and truth in the law . Paulina Fulvia , a woman of rank , whose husband was in habits of friendship with the emperor , had become a convert to the Gospel . She entrusted to this Jew and his ...
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... possessed hearts diametrically opposite to truth and virtue . Among these arose a third class of men , whose principles and conduct proved still more prejudicial to the Gospel . A multitude of impostors , professing to be Cynics or ...
... possessed hearts diametrically opposite to truth and virtue . Among these arose a third class of men , whose principles and conduct proved still more prejudicial to the Gospel . A multitude of impostors , professing to be Cynics or ...
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... possessed it while yet united with , the body , though indeed obscured and obstructed by its corruptibility and inertness . " If , " says he , " as you agree with the divine Hesiod in thinking that demons are souls either separated from ...
... possessed it while yet united with , the body , though indeed obscured and obstructed by its corruptibility and inertness . " If , " says he , " as you agree with the divine Hesiod in thinking that demons are souls either separated from ...
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... possessed of every kind of knowledge and in- formation , could have been ignorant of it . 2. As Plutarch must have ... possessing eminent abilities , and actuated by deep- rooted enmity towards it , on account of his attach- ment to the ...
... possessed of every kind of knowledge and in- formation , could have been ignorant of it . 2. As Plutarch must have ... possessing eminent abilities , and actuated by deep- rooted enmity towards it , on account of his attach- ment to the ...
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Page 74 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Page 25 - For indeed he was sick nigh unto death ; but God had mercy on him ; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Page 61 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Page 113 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 94 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Page 46 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Page 50 - And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south; 64.
Page 21 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand), then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains.
Page 20 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 183 - And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.