A Collection of Theological Tracts, Volume 5T. Evans, 1791 |
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... given of them in Genefis . Let us next come to the law of Mofes . This was extremely bur- denfome , expensive , fevere , particularly upon the crime of idolatry , to which all mankind were then extravagantly prone ; and abfurd , ac ...
... given of them in Genefis . Let us next come to the law of Mofes . This was extremely bur- denfome , expensive , fevere , particularly upon the crime of idolatry , to which all mankind were then extravagantly prone ; and abfurd , ac ...
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... given of the ancient kingdoms of Greece ; and , agreeably thereto , thefe accounts have much fiction and falfhood , with fome truth : whereas Thucydides's hiftory of the Peloponnefian war , and Cæfar's of the war in Gaul , in both which ...
... given of the ancient kingdoms of Greece ; and , agreeably thereto , thefe accounts have much fiction and falfhood , with fome truth : whereas Thucydides's hiftory of the Peloponnefian war , and Cæfar's of the war in Gaul , in both which ...
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... given the hiftorical evidences for revealed religion in detail ; and by parity of reason , they would fuffice even now to detect the fraud , were there any whence we may conclude , à fortiori , that they must have enabled the perfons ...
... given the hiftorical evidences for revealed religion in detail ; and by parity of reason , they would fuffice even now to detect the fraud , were there any whence we may conclude , à fortiori , that they must have enabled the perfons ...
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... given of this hitherto , yet furely there is great plaufibility in fuppofing , that the increased attraction of a comet , confequent upon its near approach to the earth , might have fome fuch effect , and at the fame time con- tribute ...
... given of this hitherto , yet furely there is great plaufibility in fuppofing , that the increased attraction of a comet , confequent upon its near approach to the earth , might have fome fuch effect , and at the fame time con- tribute ...
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... given up as utterly inexplicable . How then can we fuppofe the facred hiftory not to be genuine and true , or a wicked impofture to rife up , and continue not only undiscovered , but even to increase to a most audacious height , in a ...
... given up as utterly inexplicable . How then can we fuppofe the facred hiftory not to be genuine and true , or a wicked impofture to rife up , and continue not only undiscovered , but even to increase to a most audacious height , in a ...
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Page 402 - I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him ; yea, I have made him.
Page 99 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 98 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 293 - Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Page 402 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 402 - But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel : — " Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Page 347 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 294 - And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he took bread and blessed it and brake and gave to them. And their eyes were opened and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Page 348 - He saved others ; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. He trusted in God ; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him : for He said, I am the Son of God.
Page 294 - Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people : And how the Chief Priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.