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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 24
... true is , that the Greek " Hiftorians , " who have recorded it , could have no fup- 66 pofeable motive to falfify as to the main fact " itself . " It muft indeed be allowed , that f Evanson's Letter to Dr. Priestley's Young Man , p . 6 ...
... true is , that the Greek " Hiftorians , " who have recorded it , could have no fup- 66 pofeable motive to falfify as to the main fact " itself . " It muft indeed be allowed , that f Evanson's Letter to Dr. Priestley's Young Man , p . 6 ...
Page 26
... true . It may have the semblance of paradox to affert , that the truth of the facts recorded in the New Testament has any dependence upon the truth of such facts as the war of Troy , or the invafion of Greece . But history has been ...
... true . It may have the semblance of paradox to affert , that the truth of the facts recorded in the New Testament has any dependence upon the truth of such facts as the war of Troy , or the invafion of Greece . But history has been ...
Page 49
... true , would feem to prove , that it did , as a species of evi- dence , exceed that of miracles . mony of prophecy , " it is faid , " depend in the leaft upon the " credibility of the writer ; but every man , ' capable of understanding ...
... true , would feem to prove , that it did , as a species of evi- dence , exceed that of miracles . mony of prophecy , " it is faid , " depend in the leaft upon the " credibility of the writer ; but every man , ' capable of understanding ...
Page 59
... true . It is in- deed abfurd to fuppofe , that prophecy can , at the time of its delivery , be an evidence to the truth of history , as it must be adduced as a testimony to what was not in existence at the time it was pronounced . The ...
... true . It is in- deed abfurd to fuppofe , that prophecy can , at the time of its delivery , be an evidence to the truth of history , as it must be adduced as a testimony to what was not in existence at the time it was pronounced . The ...
Page 60
... true evidence for a pretended revelation , and the delufion itself confifted in believing that he came from God , not in believing false evidence to be true . It feems , that if in any fingle inftance , well authenticated , the evi ...
... true evidence for a pretended revelation , and the delufion itself confifted in believing that he came from God , not in believing false evidence to be true . It feems , that if in any fingle inftance , well authenticated , the evi ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afferted affign affumed againſt alfo alledged alſo Apoſtles aſcertain authenticity authority becauſe canon Carpocrates Catholics cauſe Cerinthians Cerinthus Chrift Chriſtianity church circumſtances compofed compofition confidered confifted Conftantine copies corrupted dĉmons Decapolis Diffonance diftinguiſhed diſcover divine doctrines Ebionites enquiry Epiphanius eſtabliſhed evidence exiſtence facred facts faid fame Fathers fays feems fhall fhew firft firſt fome ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport Galilee genealogy Goſpel Goſpel of St Greek language Hebrew heretics himſelf hiſtory hypothefis inſpiration Irenĉus itſelf Jefus Jerufalem Jewiſh Jews lefs Lord Luke Marcion Matthew ment miracles moſt muſt narrative neceffary obferve object occafion opinion paffage perfons poffeffed preaching preſent preſerved proof prophecy publiſhed purpoſe queſtion reaſon received religion reſpecting Saviour ſay Scriptures ſecond ſeems ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch ſuppoſed Tatian Teftament teftimony Tertullian thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion truth underſtand underſtood uſe whofe whoſe wiſdom writings
Popular passages
Page 107 - Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Page 33 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page xii - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St.
Page xii - Scriptures—upon the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the primitive Church—upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost— upon the Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles
Page 377 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...
Page xii - University, and one copy to the Head of every College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the...
Page xi - ... reparations, and necessary deductions made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be...
Page 347 - These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Page xiii - Sermons ; and the Preacher fhall not be paid, "nor be entitled to the revenue, before they are " printed. " Alfo I direct and appoint, that no perfon fhall " be qualified to preach the Divinity Lecture Ser...
Page xi - Rev. John Bampton, Canon of Salisbury. "I give and bequeath my Lands and Estates to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford for ever, to have and to hold all and...