Reasons for the Hope that is in Us: A Series of Essays on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, the Immortality of the Soul, and Other Important Subjects, Adapted to the Understanding of Young PersonsH. Constable, 1831 - 263 pages |
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Page 52
... excellent in theory , but in practice ill fitted to the weakness of human nature , presented in the Stoic philosophy , the religion of Jesus laid down a system infinitely more adapted to the nature of man , -a system in which , while ...
... excellent in theory , but in practice ill fitted to the weakness of human nature , presented in the Stoic philosophy , the religion of Jesus laid down a system infinitely more adapted to the nature of man , -a system in which , while ...
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... EXCELLENT MEN , of sound under- standings and unimpeachable lives , should have FAL- SIFIED in their statement of the miracles , though they suffered and died to confirm it ; OR , that the Deity , after having foretold a Redeemer ...
... EXCELLENT MEN , of sound under- standings and unimpeachable lives , should have FAL- SIFIED in their statement of the miracles , though they suffered and died to confirm it ; OR , that the Deity , after having foretold a Redeemer ...
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... excellent , was liable to be misunderstood , and depended on the knowledge and opinions of the en- quirer that such alone , therefore , would not be sufficient ; but that a performance of miracles would probably be admitted ; and that a ...
... excellent , was liable to be misunderstood , and depended on the knowledge and opinions of the en- quirer that such alone , therefore , would not be sufficient ; but that a performance of miracles would probably be admitted ; and that a ...
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... EXCELLENT EFFECTS which , wherever it has been established in purity , it has had , both upon the understandings and hearts of men . " Christian- ity , " says Mr Gibbon , " which opened the gates of heaven to the barbarians , introduced ...
... EXCELLENT EFFECTS which , wherever it has been established in purity , it has had , both upon the understandings and hearts of men . " Christian- ity , " says Mr Gibbon , " which opened the gates of heaven to the barbarians , introduced ...
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... excellent or its opposite ; and it has been in the unity which is in our religion , -the very circum- stance wherein consists its excellence , -that mankind have sought an apology for their cruelties and oppres- sions . But the ...
... excellent or its opposite ; and it has been in the unity which is in our religion , -the very circum- stance wherein consists its excellence , -that mankind have sought an apology for their cruelties and oppres- sions . But the ...
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