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... testimony of ages , and the authority of fifteen Centuries , are the strongest prejudices , which can poffibly be conceived , in favor of any controverted facts ; and no contradiction can be offered to them , but under all the ...
... testimony of ages , and the authority of fifteen Centuries , are the strongest prejudices , which can poffibly be conceived , in favor of any controverted facts ; and no contradiction can be offered to them , but under all the ...
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... testimony against it still behind , which he will own to be of more weight than all the reft ; I mean the authority of his own dear Self : who , in one of his books , published fome years ago , taking occafion to fpeak of Father [ 1 ] ...
... testimony against it still behind , which he will own to be of more weight than all the reft ; I mean the authority of his own dear Self : who , in one of his books , published fome years ago , taking occafion to fpeak of Father [ 1 ] ...
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... testimony of his writings , must neceffarily judge from prejudice or party , or fome other motive , which does not flow from the love of truth . The Archdeacon , however , though he does not chufe to give any direct answer to those par ...
... testimony of his writings , must neceffarily judge from prejudice or party , or fome other motive , which does not flow from the love of truth . The Archdeacon , however , though he does not chufe to give any direct answer to those par ...
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... testimony , which I omitted to take notice of in that place , because it seemed to require a more particular confideration : I mean the authority there al- ledged by him of a late Great Prelate , Archbishop Wake , who did not fcruple ...
... testimony , which I omitted to take notice of in that place , because it seemed to require a more particular confideration : I mean the authority there al- ledged by him of a late Great Prelate , Archbishop Wake , who did not fcruple ...
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... , it -fhould require our belief , upon the testimony even of those , who themselves had not feen it : for furely , the more uncommon and furprizing [ 1 ] Ch . p . 187 . the the nature of any miracle may be , the more 196 A VINDICATION of.
... , it -fhould require our belief , upon the testimony even of those , who themselves had not feen it : for furely , the more uncommon and furprizing [ 1 ] Ch . p . 187 . the the nature of any miracle may be , the more 196 A VINDICATION of.
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Page 355 - And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me...
Page 349 - And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel.
Page 351 - And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 446 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman for the man.
Page 359 - All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy King cometh unto thee meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Page 265 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Page 266 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
Page 375 - AND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Page 376 - Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this ? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Page 376 - Galileans ? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born ? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia...