Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, with an introductory lecture on religion in general, and one on the authenticity of the Jewish scriptures, etc |
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... record ; for there is nothing analagous thereunto in the creation of " God ; at least , in that part of it to which weobe- long . The nature and state of the things , with which we are connected , prove , that moral qua- lities do not ...
... record ; for there is nothing analagous thereunto in the creation of " God ; at least , in that part of it to which weobe- long . The nature and state of the things , with which we are connected , prove , that moral qua- lities do not ...
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... record circumstances , which must have happened many years after the alleged time of writing the book in which the account of these circumstances is re recorded . One of the most remarkable instances of this kind is the account of the ...
... record circumstances , which must have happened many years after the alleged time of writing the book in which the account of these circumstances is re recorded . One of the most remarkable instances of this kind is the account of the ...
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... by a prophet , or a person who had had communication with God . ' Thus have I endeavoured to show , that these important records have been transmitted down to us from one generation to another , in the same 70 OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF.
... by a prophet , or a person who had had communication with God . ' Thus have I endeavoured to show , that these important records have been transmitted down to us from one generation to another , in the same 70 OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF.
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... records and histories in all nations have been conveyed down to posterity ' : with , indeed , this additional presumptive evidence in their favour , that the providence of God has preserved these books from the oblivion and de ...
... records and histories in all nations have been conveyed down to posterity ' : with , indeed , this additional presumptive evidence in their favour , that the providence of God has preserved these books from the oblivion and de ...
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... records of antiquity . It explains what all profane historians were ignorant of the origin of nations . Had it told us , as other books do , that one nation had sprung out of the earth they inhabited ; another from a cricket or a grass ...
... records of antiquity . It explains what all profane historians were ignorant of the origin of nations . Had it told us , as other books do , that one nation had sprung out of the earth they inhabited ; another from a cricket or a grass ...
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Page 107 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 367 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Page 246 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
Page 316 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 92 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses. Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 88 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Page 115 - MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness : Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God : It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Page 95 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 116 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
Page 90 - At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.