The Christian's Defence: Containing a Fair Statement, and Impartial Examination of the Leading Objections Urged by Infidels Against the Antiquity, Genuineness, Credibility and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures ; Enriched with Copious Extracts from Learned AuthorsJ. A. James, 1843 - Bible |
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... original copies of the New Testament writings were read . vouchers of their genuineness . - The ancient ad- versaries of Christianity admitted the genuineness of the writings . The testimony of Trypho the Jew . The testimony of Celsus ...
... original copies of the New Testament writings were read . vouchers of their genuineness . - The ancient ad- versaries of Christianity admitted the genuineness of the writings . The testimony of Trypho the Jew . The testimony of Celsus ...
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... original- ity , and the writer has not scrupled , when necessary , to call to his aid many of the abler guides who have gone before him in the same path ; being careful , however , in everything important to give credit where it is due ...
... original- ity , and the writer has not scrupled , when necessary , to call to his aid many of the abler guides who have gone before him in the same path ; being careful , however , in everything important to give credit where it is due ...
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... original position , and destroys his own argument . If it was the affinity for each other of its materials and their consequent combination , which formed water , then it was not produced by the laws of water ; and hence in the ...
... original position , and destroys his own argument . If it was the affinity for each other of its materials and their consequent combination , which formed water , then it was not produced by the laws of water ; and hence in the ...
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... original truth on which it was founded . The frail memories of men , their love of exaggeration , their supine carelessness ; these principles , if not corrected by books and writing , soon pervert the account of historical events ...
... original truth on which it was founded . The frail memories of men , their love of exaggeration , their supine carelessness ; these principles , if not corrected by books and writing , soon pervert the account of historical events ...
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... original progenitors pos- sessed a knowledge of the one true and living God , who was wor- shiped by them , and believed to be an infinite , self - existent and invisi- ble Spirit ; and this being established , must go far to prove that ...
... original progenitors pos- sessed a knowledge of the one true and living God , who was wor- shiped by them , and believed to be an infinite , self - existent and invisi- ble Spirit ; and this being established , must go far to prove that ...
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Page 282 - And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
Page 17 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law ; ye are fallen from grace.
Page 346 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Page 283 - And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen.
Page 17 - 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 the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Page 346 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Page 216 - And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, "Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Page 196 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 176 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 338 - Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.