An Apology for Christianity: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, ... By R. Watson, ...J. Archdeacon, 1776 - 295 pages |
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... mankind , you feem to fome to have infinuated , that Christianity , like other Impostures , might have made it's way in the world , though it's origin had been as human as the means by which you suppose it was spread . It is no wish or ...
... mankind , you feem to fome to have infinuated , that Christianity , like other Impostures , might have made it's way in the world , though it's origin had been as human as the means by which you suppose it was spread . It is no wish or ...
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... mankind , and all the offices and amufements of life . Now , how such an extravagant and intempe- rate zeal as you here defcribe , can , humanly speaking , be confidered as one of the chief caufes of the quick propagation of ...
... mankind , and all the offices and amufements of life . Now , how such an extravagant and intempe- rate zeal as you here defcribe , can , humanly speaking , be confidered as one of the chief caufes of the quick propagation of ...
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... mankind , should have been fo fingular in their conduct , as never to have liftened to the cla- mours of paffion before the still voice of reafon ; as never to have preferred a prefent gratification of fenfe , in the lewd celebration of ...
... mankind , should have been fo fingular in their conduct , as never to have liftened to the cla- mours of paffion before the still voice of reafon ; as never to have preferred a prefent gratification of fenfe , in the lewd celebration of ...
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... mankind , that amongst all ranks and perfuafions of men it was esteemed an impoffible thing . At Athens the philofophers had liftened with patience to St. Paul , whilst they conceived him but a fetter forth of ftrange gods ; but as foon ...
... mankind , that amongst all ranks and perfuafions of men it was esteemed an impoffible thing . At Athens the philofophers had liftened with patience to St. Paul , whilst they conceived him but a fetter forth of ftrange gods ; but as foon ...
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... mankind by ' Jefus of Nazareth . " Montefquieu is of opinion , that it will ever be impoffible for Chrif- tianity to establish itself in China . and the east , from this circum- ftance , that it prohibits a plurality of wives : how then ...
... mankind by ' Jefus of Nazareth . " Montefquieu is of opinion , that it will ever be impoffible for Chrif- tianity to establish itself in China . and the east , from this circum- ftance , that it prohibits a plurality of wives : how then ...
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Page 50 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 30 - The Lord thy God will raife up unto thee a Prophet from the midft of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me...
Page 25 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Page 206 - ... sufficient to exalt the nature and regulate the manners of mankind. Shall we never have done with this groundless commendation of natural law? Look into the first chapter of Paul's Epistle to the...
Page 63 - Of that day, fays our Saviour, and. of that hour, knoweth no one; no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
Page 227 - God, derived from the harmony and order of the universe, as old and trite ; there have been men, it seems, in all ages, who, in affecting singularity, have overlooked truth ; an argument, however, is not the worse for being old ; and surely it would have been a more just mode of reasoning, if you had examined the external evidence for the truth...
Page 72 - The divine inspiration, whether it was conveyed in the form of a waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well as upon bishops.
Page 91 - There was a time when no one was acquainted with the laws of magnetism ; these suspend in many instances the laws of gravity ; nor can I see, upon the principle in question, how the rest of mankind could have credited the testimony of their first discoverer ; and yet to have rejected it, would have been to reject the truth.
Page 52 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 46 - We are made as the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things unto this day.— 1 Cor.