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... true ? Let any one call in what he terms the aid of reason ; let him summon up every argument against the existence of miracles ; let him profess that he sees no end worthy of God for performing them ; that the facts are impro- bable ...
... true ? Let any one call in what he terms the aid of reason ; let him summon up every argument against the existence of miracles ; let him profess that he sees no end worthy of God for performing them ; that the facts are impro- bable ...
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... true all the miracles which the common and ignorant people , through every country of the world , affirm to have seen , every sect would be in the right , " & c . Here he would in- sinuate that the only eyewitnesses produced or pro ...
... true all the miracles which the common and ignorant people , through every country of the world , affirm to have seen , every sect would be in the right , " & c . Here he would in- sinuate that the only eyewitnesses produced or pro ...
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... true which are false , yet it is scarcely to be conceived that they can ever so far deceive them- selves as to believe they saw facts which they did not really see . " This observation is true of all mankind , of the ignorant and simple ...
... true which are false , yet it is scarcely to be conceived that they can ever so far deceive them- selves as to believe they saw facts which they did not really see . " This observation is true of all mankind , of the ignorant and simple ...
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... true , one or two frantic people among the Quakers did actually pretend to such a power ; but this had no other consequence than to bring the pretenders into gene- ral contempt . In the beginning of this century , also , the French ...
... true , one or two frantic people among the Quakers did actually pretend to such a power ; but this had no other consequence than to bring the pretenders into gene- ral contempt . In the beginning of this century , also , the French ...
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... true , notwithstanding every metaphysical sophism to the contrary . We can acquire the knowledge of facts past or distant only by the testimony of others ; and the certainty which it affords us is in many cases as full and absolute as ...
... true , notwithstanding every metaphysical sophism to the contrary . We can acquire the knowledge of facts past or distant only by the testimony of others ; and the certainty which it affords us is in many cases as full and absolute as ...
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Page 9 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
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Page 142 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 160 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Page 141 - So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 169 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 9 - Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life : but teach them thy sons, and thy sons...
Page 168 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
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