A Defence of Christianity: Against the Work of George B. English, A. M., Entitled, The Grounds of Christianity Examined, by Comparing the New Testament with the OldCummings and Hilliard, no. 1, Cornhill, 1814 - 484 pages |
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... adduced a single illustration that is original ; perhaps the comparison of the primitive Christians to the Shakers is so . But that a single argument can be found in his work which has not been before urged , I am sure . Moreover , the ...
... adduced a single illustration that is original ; perhaps the comparison of the primitive Christians to the Shakers is so . But that a single argument can be found in his work which has not been before urged , I am sure . Moreover , the ...
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... adduced , by attesting that most ingenious and judicious theologian , Dr. Sykes . In his first work he says , " he , [ Mr. English , ] fears that he shall see an answer precisely resembling the many others , that he has seen upon the ...
... adduced , by attesting that most ingenious and judicious theologian , Dr. Sykes . In his first work he says , " he , [ Mr. English , ] fears that he shall see an answer precisely resembling the many others , that he has seen upon the ...
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... adduced the authority of Jeffreys , as patronising his opinion , that miracles have nothing to do with this question . Jeffreys ob- Essay on the Truth of the Christian Religion , p . 120-134 , 2d edition . † Ibid .. p . 134 . serves ...
... adduced the authority of Jeffreys , as patronising his opinion , that miracles have nothing to do with this question . Jeffreys ob- Essay on the Truth of the Christian Religion , p . 120-134 , 2d edition . † Ibid .. p . 134 . serves ...
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... adduced to show that our Lord warned his disciples a- gainst the miracles of impostors . " For there shall arise false Christs , and false prophets , and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that ( if it were possible , ) they ...
... adduced to show that our Lord warned his disciples a- gainst the miracles of impostors . " For there shall arise false Christs , and false prophets , and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that ( if it were possible , ) they ...
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... adduced by the apologists , and when the argument is turned from this ground to that of prophecy , it is often done , as we have seen , in the passage of Justin , with an express statement of the reason , viz . to avoid the reply which ...
... adduced by the apologists , and when the argument is turned from this ground to that of prophecy , it is often done , as we have seen , in the passage of Justin , with an express statement of the reason , viz . to avoid the reply which ...
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Page 53 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say : — " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths :" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 370 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel : behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we are cut off for our parts.
Page 335 - And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor...
Page 154 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 353 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 202 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 18 - And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Page 302 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 69 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind ; Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 308 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.