A Brief Outline of the Evidences of the Christian Religion ... |
Common terms and phrases
adduced admit ages apostles appearance argument atheism attested believe Bible book of Daniel BRIEF OUTLINE character Christian religion church circumstances conceived contained creatures credible death declared deism deists disciples divine doctrines duty effect enemies Evangelists EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY exhibited existed experience facts false falsehood favour fulfilled give Gospel heathen heaven Hierocles historian holy human Hume impostors infidels Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind Koran learning light ligion manifest Messiah minds miracles miracles of Jesus Mohammed Mohammedanism moral Moses multitudes nations natural religion never object perfect performed persecution persons philosophers possess preaching predicted pretended principles proof prophecy prophets prove reader reason received recorded rejected remarkable resurrection revelation Romans salutary Scriptures sense siege society soul sufferings suppose Tacitus temple Testament testi testimony Theophilanthropists thing thou tion true truth whole witnesses wonderful word worship writers
Popular passages
Page 123 - For, I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness, in part, is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved...
Page 81 - Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Page 49 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 175 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 110 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I the Lord, which will call thee by thy name, am the GOD of Israel.
Page 109 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 59 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish...
Page 107 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Page 73 - It is declared that he healed multitudes ot the most inveterate and incurable diseases; that he gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the...
Page 108 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!