An essay upon miraclesCharles Harper, 1701 |
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... Y OU know ( my Ho- noured Friend ) that I pretend to have thought a good while upon the Subject of the Book I offer you ; and that I have been free enough to blame A 2 those those who have gone before me , whether Ancients or.
... Y OU know ( my Ho- noured Friend ) that I pretend to have thought a good while upon the Subject of the Book I offer you ; and that I have been free enough to blame A 2 those those who have gone before me , whether Ancients or.
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... thought fit , by my Superiors , to undertake the Defence of Religion against its Adverfaries of all De- nominations , in the Jame place and manner You have often beard it done fo much to your fatisfaction , by wor- thy Men appointed for ...
... thought fit , by my Superiors , to undertake the Defence of Religion against its Adverfaries of all De- nominations , in the Jame place and manner You have often beard it done fo much to your fatisfaction , by wor- thy Men appointed for ...
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... in a few of the laft Pages , where it was abfolutely needful ; and yet the nature of the Work led me , I thought , to use a good deal of Repetition , so that I I could not attain to the Brevity I aimed at Epiftle Dedicatory .
... in a few of the laft Pages , where it was abfolutely needful ; and yet the nature of the Work led me , I thought , to use a good deal of Repetition , so that I I could not attain to the Brevity I aimed at Epiftle Dedicatory .
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... ; but I have ever thought this was the way of dealing with them , or , if not so , that I , at least , was not a Man to deal with I bave made them . If If any one shall think it worth his while , Epiftle Dedicatory .
... ; but I have ever thought this was the way of dealing with them , or , if not so , that I , at least , was not a Man to deal with I bave made them . If If any one shall think it worth his while , Epiftle Dedicatory .
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... thought beft , but to deal freely , I think they are not fully fatis factory . First then , it is faid , that the Rods of the Ægyp- tian Sorcerers were notturn'd into real , but appearing Ser- pents ; and that the Devil who is a ...
... thought beft , but to deal freely , I think they are not fully fatis factory . First then , it is faid , that the Rods of the Ægyp- tian Sorcerers were notturn'd into real , but appearing Ser- pents ; and that the Devil who is a ...
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Ægypt affifted alfo alſo Anſwer Apollonius atteft becauſe believ'd believe Cafe caft Cauſe Chrift Chriftians cife cles Commiffion confequently Courſe Credit Devil Doctrine Egyptian eſtabliſh eſtabliſh'd exerciſe faid fame feem felf fent ferve fetled fhall fhew fignify fince finger of God firft firſt fome fore foretold ftill ftrange fuch Power fuffer fufficient fure gain belief Gentiles give God's hath Heathens himſelf Idolatry Inftruments Jannes and Jambres Jefus Jews King lieve lonius Lord Magicians Meffengers Miffion Mira Miracles wrought Mofes Mofes's Moſes moſt muft muſt occafion Oppofition Paffage paſs Perfon perfwade permit Pharaoh pleafed pleaſe pretended purpoſe Queſtion racles Reaſon Religion Rods ſaid ſay ſee ſelf Senfes Serapis Serpent ſhall ſhould Signs and Wonders Sorcerers ſpeak ſuch Suetonius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand true Miracles truth underſtand unto uſe Water into Blood wicked World Worſhip wrought Miracles
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Page 159 - And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 157 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Page 156 - ... 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 146 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 159 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 105 - Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 156 - a man approved of God by miracles, and wonders, and signs which God did by him...
Page 17 - Mofes anfwered and faid, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will fay, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
Page 18 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Page 146 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not ; but if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works ; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him.