Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy ScripturesPresbyterian board of publications, 1836 - 308 pages |
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... seems to be forgotten by the advocates of this hypothesis , that the existence of priests supposes the previous existence of religion . They have moreover alleged that fear produced the gods . Be it so ; it still confirms the position ...
... seems to be forgotten by the advocates of this hypothesis , that the existence of priests supposes the previous existence of religion . They have moreover alleged that fear produced the gods . Be it so ; it still confirms the position ...
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... seems to have trou- bled them much , and in order to wipe off the stigma they appointed a fête , which they called the anniver- sary of the re - establishment of Natural Religion . To prove that their liberality had no bounds , they pre ...
... seems to have trou- bled them much , and in order to wipe off the stigma they appointed a fête , which they called the anniver- sary of the re - establishment of Natural Religion . To prove that their liberality had no bounds , they pre ...
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... is good reason to believe that many of the heathen rites of worship are nothing but cor- ruptions of divine institutions , which were given to men by an early revelation . This seems especially to So EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
... is good reason to believe that many of the heathen rites of worship are nothing but cor- ruptions of divine institutions , which were given to men by an early revelation . This seems especially to So EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
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Archibald Alexander. men by an early revelation . This seems especially to be the fact , in relation to sacrifices , which consti- tuted an essential part of the worship of almost all ancient nations , and some vestiges of which have ...
Archibald Alexander. men by an early revelation . This seems especially to be the fact , in relation to sacrifices , which consti- tuted an essential part of the worship of almost all ancient nations , and some vestiges of which have ...
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... seems to take for granted that there is no religion , nor can be any , without revelation ? I would request the person who makes this objection , to tell me what kind of religion might be expected if the Bible were banished from among ...
... seems to take for granted that there is no religion , nor can be any , without revelation ? I would request the person who makes this objection , to tell me what kind of religion might be expected if the Bible were banished from among ...
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Page 230 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 237 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 230 - O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Page 67 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 233 - Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you : searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 75 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish...
Page 230 - Then opened h'e their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures ; and said unto them ; Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 165 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people.
Page 231 - And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, "A bone of him shall not be broken.
Page 230 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me.