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... never have existed , unless it had been intro- duced by divine authority . It could not have been invented : it would not have been received . This line of argument has at least one advantage ; at the same time that it proves , if well ...
... never have existed , unless it had been intro- duced by divine authority . It could not have been invented : it would not have been received . This line of argument has at least one advantage ; at the same time that it proves , if well ...
Page iv
... never be su- perfluous . Many books are in constant circulation , and almost universally read , in which the Scriptures are passed by as if they had no existence , or tacitly assumed to be an invention of priest - craft , sup- ported by ...
... never be su- perfluous . Many books are in constant circulation , and almost universally read , in which the Scriptures are passed by as if they had no existence , or tacitly assumed to be an invention of priest - craft , sup- ported by ...
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... never flourished more in any age or country than at the present time in Britain , yet it is certain that a vast number of persons reject it , either avowedly or virtually ; and that ' even more , convinced by the evidences , still hover ...
... never flourished more in any age or country than at the present time in Britain , yet it is certain that a vast number of persons reject it , either avowedly or virtually ; and that ' even more , convinced by the evidences , still hover ...
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... never took place ; or , like that of Brahma , to doctrines which had no divine au- thority . On the supposition , however , that no such person ever really existed , but was merely an allegorical or imaginary personage , or the hero of ...
... never took place ; or , like that of Brahma , to doctrines which had no divine au- thority . On the supposition , however , that no such person ever really existed , but was merely an allegorical or imaginary personage , or the hero of ...
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... considered how they could in the surest and easiest manner deceive the world . And certainly they would not begin by asserting such a fact as the birth , public ministry , and execution of a man who had never been born , 14 ON THE ORIGIN ...
... considered how they could in the surest and easiest manner deceive the world . And certainly they would not begin by asserting such a fact as the birth , public ministry , and execution of a man who had never been born , 14 ON THE ORIGIN ...
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Page 69 - For if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law, but the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Page 258 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Page 87 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Page 236 - Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 28 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 223 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 298 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Page 88 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Page 36 - What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith : 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Page 178 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.