Evidences of the Christian religion. To which are added, discourses against atheism and infidelity. Cooke's ed1796 |
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... tells the governor of Rome , that the Emperor Tiberius having re- ceived an account out of Palestine in Syria of the Divine Perfon , who had appeared in that country , paid him a B particular particular regard , and threatened to punish ...
... tells the governor of Rome , that the Emperor Tiberius having re- ceived an account out of Palestine in Syria of the Divine Perfon , who had appeared in that country , paid him a B particular particular regard , and threatened to punish ...
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... tells it as a known thing , without any mark or doubt upon it , ' That our Saviour had been in Egypt . ' This Celfus , though he raises a monftrous story upon it , is fo far from denying , ( B 2 C denying , that he tells us our Saviour ...
... tells it as a known thing , without any mark or doubt upon it , ' That our Saviour had been in Egypt . ' This Celfus , though he raises a monftrous story upon it , is fo far from denying , ( B 2 C denying , that he tells us our Saviour ...
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Joseph Addison. C denying , that he tells us our Saviour learned the arts of magic in that country . That Pontius Pilate was go- vernor of Judĉa ; that our Saviour was brought in judg- ' ment before him , and by him condemned and cruci ...
Joseph Addison. C denying , that he tells us our Saviour learned the arts of magic in that country . That Pontius Pilate was go- vernor of Judĉa ; that our Saviour was brought in judg- ' ment before him , and by him condemned and cruci ...
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... tells the Roman governors , and their corporations , councils , armies , tribes , compa- nies , the palace , fenate , and courts of judicature , were filled with Chriftians , as Arnobius afferts , that men of the finest parts and ...
... tells the Roman governors , and their corporations , councils , armies , tribes , compa- nies , the palace , fenate , and courts of judicature , were filled with Chriftians , as Arnobius afferts , that men of the finest parts and ...
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... tell us that they them- felves , had been eye - witnesses of it at feveral times , and in feveral instances ; nay , appeal to the heathens them- felves for the truth of feveral facts they relate ; nay , challenge them to be prefent at ...
... tell us that they them- felves , had been eye - witnesses of it at feveral times , and in feveral instances ; nay , appeal to the heathens them- felves for the truth of feveral facts they relate ; nay , challenge them to be prefent at ...
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Page 53 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 61 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 119 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 52 - If we consider him in his omnipresence, his being passes through, actuates, and supports the whole frame of nature. His creation, and every part of it, is full of him.
Page 56 - Who then can bear the thought of being an outcast from his presence, that is, from the comforts of it ; or of feeling it only in its terrors ! How pathetic is that...
Page 56 - Though the whole creation frowns upon him, and all nature looks black about him, he has his light and support within him, that are able to cheer his mind, and bear him up in the midst of all those horrors which encompass him.
Page iii - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 88 - Being, naturally produces patience, hope, cheerfulness, and all other dispositions of mind that alleviate those calamities which we are not able to remove. The practice of this virtue administers great comfort to the mind of man in times of poverty and affliction, but most of all in the hour of death.
Page 72 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of an human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body.
Page 52 - It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into .another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity.