Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy ScripturesPresbyterian board of publications, 1836 - 308 pages |
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... and no other miracles are as well attested as those recorded in the Bible , .... 169 CHAPTER XIII . The Bible contains internal evidence that its origin is divine ,. 186 CHAPTER XIV . The Scriptures of the Old and New 6 CONTENTS .
... and no other miracles are as well attested as those recorded in the Bible , .... 169 CHAPTER XIII . The Bible contains internal evidence that its origin is divine ,. 186 CHAPTER XIV . The Scriptures of the Old and New 6 CONTENTS .
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... recorded . But the maxim , as stated by Mr. Hume , is not correct . With the change of a single word , perhaps it may be adopted , and will place the question on its proper ground . The change which I propose , is to substitute the word ...
... recorded . But the maxim , as stated by Mr. Hume , is not correct . With the change of a single word , perhaps it may be adopted , and will place the question on its proper ground . The change which I propose , is to substitute the word ...
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... recorded in the New Testament are established . This is the main point in our inquiry ; for after all that has been said , it must be admitted that unless the Christian religion is attended with sufficient evi- dence , we cannot believe ...
... recorded in the New Testament are established . This is the main point in our inquiry ; for after all that has been said , it must be admitted that unless the Christian religion is attended with sufficient evi- dence , we cannot believe ...
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... Or should we find it recorded by an anony- mous author , that an earthquake at a certain time nad overthrown a certain city ; without further evi- dence , we should vield but a feeble assent to 90 EVIDENCES ( F CHRISTIANITY .
... Or should we find it recorded by an anony- mous author , that an earthquake at a certain time nad overthrown a certain city ; without further evi- dence , we should vield but a feeble assent to 90 EVIDENCES ( F CHRISTIANITY .
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... recorded in the gospel . In this discussion we shall take it for granted , that such a person as Jesus Christ lived in Judea about the time mentioned by the evangelists , that he inculcated a pure and sublime morality , lived a virtuous ...
... recorded in the gospel . In this discussion we shall take it for granted , that such a person as Jesus Christ lived in Judea about the time mentioned by the evangelists , that he inculcated a pure and sublime morality , lived a virtuous ...
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Page 169 - For, I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness, in part, is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved...
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 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 76 - 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 - 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.
Page 232 - Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 107 - Christ not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page 290 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ; which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Page 138 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 135 - And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.