A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian ReligionAmerican Sunday School Union, 1829 - 232 pages |
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... Learning , by securing the Copies of Maps , Charts , and Books , to the Authors and Pro- prietors of such Copies , during the times therein mentioned " -And also to the Act , entitled , " An Act Supplementary to an Act , en- titled ...
... Learning , by securing the Copies of Maps , Charts , and Books , to the Authors and Pro- prietors of such Copies , during the times therein mentioned " -And also to the Act , entitled , " An Act Supplementary to an Act , en- titled ...
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... - fess to be guided by reason , make an impro- per use of this faculty , I ought to mention a set of men , distinguished for their learning and ingenuity , who profess to receive the Christian revelation 12 EVIDENCES OF THE.
... - fess to be guided by reason , make an impro- per use of this faculty , I ought to mention a set of men , distinguished for their learning and ingenuity , who profess to receive the Christian revelation 12 EVIDENCES OF THE.
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... learning laid under contribution , to invent and de- fend some other sense . Upon these princi- ples , a man may believe just as much , or as little as he pleases , of what the Bible con- tains ; for it has been found , that no text is ...
... learning laid under contribution , to invent and de- fend some other sense . Upon these princi- ples , a man may believe just as much , or as little as he pleases , of what the Bible con- tains ; for it has been found , that no text is ...
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... Learning was in its highest state of advancement ; phi- losophy boasted of an approximation to per- fection ; and refinement and politeness had never been more cultivated , among any peo- ple . But what was the result ? It is written in ...
... Learning was in its highest state of advancement ; phi- losophy boasted of an approximation to per- fection ; and refinement and politeness had never been more cultivated , among any peo- ple . But what was the result ? It is written in ...
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... learning , and some high in power . La Revelliere Lepaux , one of the directory of France , was a zealous patron of the new religion . By his influence , permission was obtained to make use of the churches for their worship . In the ...
... learning , and some high in power . La Revelliere Lepaux , one of the directory of France , was a zealous patron of the new religion . By his influence , permission was obtained to make use of the churches for their worship . In the ...
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Page 53 - 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 132 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I the Lord, which will call thee by thy name, am the GOD of Israel.
Page 144 - 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 132 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 125 - God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Page 129 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 67 - 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 183 - The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long, suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 149 - Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; how much more their fulness ? . , . For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Page 110 - Christians boasted that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church.