The Sceptic's Manual: Or, Christianity Verified, Being a New Method of Appeal to the Understandings and Consciences of Deists, Jews, Sceptics, and Formal Professors ... as Exemplified in the Conversion of Notorious Sinners, and in the Lives of Distinguished Saints |
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... impossible I should be believed in such a case ; because every one could contradict me , as to the mark of cutting off + a joint of the finger ; and that being B 2 WITH THE DEISTS . 17 us as much as the two first rules in the ...
... impossible I should be believed in such a case ; because every one could contradict me , as to the mark of cutting off + a joint of the finger ; and that being B 2 WITH THE DEISTS . 17 us as much as the two first rules in the ...
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... impossible that those books should have been received as the books of Moses , in that age wherein they may have been supposed to have been first invented . Why ? Because they speak of themselves as delivered by Moses , and kept in the ...
... impossible that those books should have been received as the books of Moses , in that age wherein they may have been supposed to have been first invented . Why ? Because they speak of themselves as delivered by Moses , and kept in the ...
Page 21
... impossible it could be received as truth ; because it was not then to be found , either in the ark , or with the king , or any where else for when first invented , every body must know , that they had never heard of it before . And ...
... impossible it could be received as truth ; because it was not then to be found , either in the ark , or with the king , or any where else for when first invented , every body must know , that they had never heard of it before . And ...
Page 22
... impossible any nation or among any people ? in But they must be yet more unreasonable . For the books of Moses have a further des monstration of their truth , than even other law books have ; for they not only contain the laws , but ...
... impossible any nation or among any people ? in But they must be yet more unreasonable . For the books of Moses have a further des monstration of their truth , than even other law books have ; for they not only contain the laws , but ...
Page 24
... impossible they could have been received as true , un- less the forgers could have made the whole nation believe , that they had received these books from their fathers ; had been instruct- ed in them when they were children , and had ...
... impossible they could have been received as true , un- less the forgers could have made the whole nation believe , that they had received these books from their fathers ; had been instruct- ed in them when they were children , and had ...
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Page 179 - Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Page 179 - Look unto me , and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth; for I AM GOD, and there is none else.
Page 164 - And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Page 153 - And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD...
Page 181 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day; and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying; I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last...
Page 19 - And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
Page 158 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God...
Page 20 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 158 - I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.
Page 164 - And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.