Two Apologies: One for Christianity in a Series of Letters Addressed to Edward Gibbon, the Other for the Bible, in Answer to Thomas Paine |
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... tion of serious discussion immediately presents itself - upon what foundation has he built his belief ? This is often an intricate inquiry , inclu ding in it a vast compass of human learning : a . Bramin or a Mandarin , who should ...
... tion of serious discussion immediately presents itself - upon what foundation has he built his belief ? This is often an intricate inquiry , inclu ding in it a vast compass of human learning : a . Bramin or a Mandarin , who should ...
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... tion of Christianity , acquainted with the oppo- sition it every where met with from the people of the Jews , and aware of the repugnancy which must ever subsist between its tenets and those of Judaism , should ever think of deriving ...
... tion of Christianity , acquainted with the oppo- sition it every where met with from the people of the Jews , and aware of the repugnancy which must ever subsist between its tenets and those of Judaism , should ever think of deriving ...
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... tion ; for the fact is not true , that the contem- poraries of Moses and Joshua beheld with care- less indifference the miracles related in the Bible to have been performed in their favour . That these miracles were not sufficient to ...
... tion ; for the fact is not true , that the contem- poraries of Moses and Joshua beheld with care- less indifference the miracles related in the Bible to have been performed in their favour . That these miracles were not sufficient to ...
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... tion of the supernatural authority of those who taught it . The several schools of Gentile philosophy had discussed , with no small subtlety , every argu- ment which reason could suggest , for and against the immortality of the soul ...
... tion of the supernatural authority of those who taught it . The several schools of Gentile philosophy had discussed , with no small subtlety , every argu- ment which reason could suggest , for and against the immortality of the soul ...
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... tion ; is a truth so far removed from the appre- hension of philosophical research , so dissonant from the common conceptions of mankind , that amongst all ranks and persuasions of men it was esteemed an impossible thing . At Athens the ...
... tion ; is a truth so far removed from the appre- hension of philosophical research , so dissonant from the common conceptions of mankind , that amongst all ranks and persuasions of men it was esteemed an impossible thing . At Athens the ...
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Page 33 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 244 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 225 - And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
Page 37 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 80 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 22 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 333 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 368 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 63 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 224 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods...