A Dissertation on Miracles: Designed to Shew, that They are Arguments of a Divine Interposition, and Absolute Proofs of the Mission and Doctrine of a ProphetJ. Dickson, J. Fairbairn, and J. Ogle, 1798 - 382 pages |
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... ages of Christianity , down to the present day , unbelievers have treated the argument from mi- racles ( as it is commonly stated ) not only as an im- proper means of conviction , but as an affront to their understandings . Celfus ...
... ages of Christianity , down to the present day , unbelievers have treated the argument from mi- racles ( as it is commonly stated ) not only as an im- proper means of conviction , but as an affront to their understandings . Celfus ...
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... age ; which is every day making fuch quick advances in the knowledge of nature . For hereby we are daily furnished with new proofs , that in the fyftem of nature there is no combat of oppofite powers ; that all the parts of which that ...
... age ; which is every day making fuch quick advances in the knowledge of nature . For hereby we are daily furnished with new proofs , that in the fyftem of nature there is no combat of oppofite powers ; that all the parts of which that ...
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... ages , ib . contempt all SECT . IV . Concerning the falle prophets as fpoken of in Scripture , p . 197 : in which are explai 1. The celebrated warning of Mofes , " If there arife amont you a prophet , or a " dreamer of dreams , and ...
... ages , ib . contempt all SECT . IV . Concerning the falle prophets as fpoken of in Scripture , p . 197 : in which are explai 1. The celebrated warning of Mofes , " If there arife amont you a prophet , or a " dreamer of dreams , and ...
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... age , whether they rejected or corrupted Christianity , p . 213. IV . St. Paul's prophecy concerning the man of fin , " whofe coming is after the working of " Satan , with all power , and figns , and lying wonders , ” 2 Theff . ii . 9 ...
... age , whether they rejected or corrupted Christianity , p . 213. IV . St. Paul's prophecy concerning the man of fin , " whofe coming is after the working of " Satan , with all power , and figns , and lying wonders , ” 2 Theff . ii . 9 ...
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... ages , p . 364. 3. ] It is easy and compendious , p . 368. 4. ] Miracles are a powerful method of conviction , p . 370. 5. ] Yet not violent nor compulfive , P. 371. 6. ] Miracles neceffary to atteft a divine commif- fion , and to ...
... ages , p . 364. 3. ] It is easy and compendious , p . 368. 4. ] Miracles are a powerful method of conviction , p . 370. 5. ] Yet not violent nor compulfive , P. 371. 6. ] Miracles neceffary to atteft a divine commif- fion , and to ...
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Page 307 - And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Page 235 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 379 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot : who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by Him do believe in God, that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Page 260 - I speak not of you all : I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 198 - IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams...
Page 264 - In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Page 257 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not : the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 160 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 266 - ... they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 19 - For while comets move in very eccentric orbs in all manner of positions, blind fate could never make all the planets move one and the same way in orbs concentric, some inconsiderable irregularities excepted which may have risen from the mutual actions of comets and planets upon one another, and which will be apt to increase till this system wants a reformation.