Certain Principles in Evanson's "Dissonance of the Four Generally Received Evangelists", &c. Examined: In Eight Discourses Delivered Before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's, in the Year MDCCCX., at the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, Canon of Salisbury |
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... should be exa- mined and answered . Whilft I thus ftate to advantage the importance of the object of my own labours , the reader will sympathize in my regret , that what was thought worthy the powers of his mind was attempted by any ...
... should be exa- mined and answered . Whilft I thus ftate to advantage the importance of the object of my own labours , the reader will sympathize in my regret , that what was thought worthy the powers of his mind was attempted by any ...
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... should not stand in the wisdom of men , but in the power of God . SEVERAL eminent theological writers have fuggefted an hypothefis , that Providence fe- lected the first teachers of Christianity from perfons , not merely defective in ...
... should not stand in the wisdom of men , but in the power of God . SEVERAL eminent theological writers have fuggefted an hypothefis , that Providence fe- lected the first teachers of Christianity from perfons , not merely defective in ...
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... should appear to admit the neceffity , or even useful concur- rence , of these aids , as fecondary causes , in ad- vancing the progress of the Christian religion . • They , who fuppofe that St. Paul suspended the full exercife of his ...
... should appear to admit the neceffity , or even useful concur- rence , of these aids , as fecondary causes , in ad- vancing the progress of the Christian religion . • They , who fuppofe that St. Paul suspended the full exercife of his ...
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... paffage has been often referred to ; but if I had been fatisfied with the particulars ufually cited , I should not have found the most curious part of the account . feat of fcience that could be named , and that SERMON I.
... paffage has been often referred to ; but if I had been fatisfied with the particulars ufually cited , I should not have found the most curious part of the account . feat of fcience that could be named , and that SERMON I.
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... should be imagined , that after a lapse of time it might be necessary that the Gospel should be preached by persons of fu- perior qualifications , this reasoning cannot be reconciled to the known inequality of abilities among the ...
... should be imagined , that after a lapse of time it might be necessary that the Gospel should be preached by persons of fu- perior qualifications , this reasoning cannot be reconciled to the known inequality of abilities among the ...
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