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... religion of Christ was first promulgat- ed throughout the world , as the difficulties it had to encounter would have been absolutely insurmountable , had no other than ordinary and human means been employed in its favour , it pleased ...
... religion of Christ was first promulgat- ed throughout the world , as the difficulties it had to encounter would have been absolutely insurmountable , had no other than ordinary and human means been employed in its favour , it pleased ...
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... religion its full effect on the hearts and consciences of men , without the internal influences of the Divine Spirit . I only mean to observe to you , what was cer- tainly the fact , that , when matters came to be thus balanced be ...
... religion its full effect on the hearts and consciences of men , without the internal influences of the Divine Spirit . I only mean to observe to you , what was cer- tainly the fact , that , when matters came to be thus balanced be ...
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... religion , which the other has no probability of ever hearing ; and which , if he should by any accident come to hear , it is a thousand to one he does not understand . As our resources , therefore , ought to be in proportion to our ...
... religion , which the other has no probability of ever hearing ; and which , if he should by any accident come to hear , it is a thousand to one he does not understand . As our resources , therefore , ought to be in proportion to our ...
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... religion , and for strengthening the evidences of its divinity , but also in the way of ornament and recommendation to the ministerial cha- Nor let it be imagined that this is a matter of little moment . It will not require an uncommon ...
... religion , and for strengthening the evidences of its divinity , but also in the way of ornament and recommendation to the ministerial cha- Nor let it be imagined that this is a matter of little moment . It will not require an uncommon ...
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... religion . But this , on a closer examination , will be found entirely without founda tion : on the contrary , he piques himself not a little , on the dis- tinction of his nation from all others , by the knowledge , and worship of the ...
... religion . But this , on a closer examination , will be found entirely without founda tion : on the contrary , he piques himself not a little , on the dis- tinction of his nation from all others , by the knowledge , and worship of the ...
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