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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... whose force they had before acknowledged , now adduced to evince their firmnefs , to dif cover the principle of their profeffions , to af- certain whether they were ready to transfer their obedience to another mafter , whofe power they ...
... whose force they had before acknowledged , now adduced to evince their firmnefs , to dif cover the principle of their profeffions , to af- certain whether they were ready to transfer their obedience to another mafter , whofe power they ...
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... whose miffion was fhewn indispu- tably to be from heaven . The genuineness or authenticity of every hiftory must be esta- blished in the fame manner , whether the hif tory contains miracles , or not . This circum- ftance does not affect ...
... whose miffion was fhewn indispu- tably to be from heaven . The genuineness or authenticity of every hiftory must be esta- blished in the fame manner , whether the hif tory contains miracles , or not . This circum- ftance does not affect ...
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... whose existence or properties we admit , is equivalent to no evidence whatever . Even to affect habitually a faftidious fcepticism in mat- ters where the proof is fufficient and appro- priate , is to trifle dangerously with the under ...
... whose existence or properties we admit , is equivalent to no evidence whatever . Even to affect habitually a faftidious fcepticism in mat- ters where the proof is fufficient and appro- priate , is to trifle dangerously with the under ...
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... whose minds they influenced , without affigning any motives to the authors . But were our adversary more correct in affigning motives for these corrup- tions , the corruptions would fcarcely have been extended to the Scriptures , merely ...
... whose minds they influenced , without affigning any motives to the authors . But were our adversary more correct in affigning motives for these corrup- tions , the corruptions would fcarcely have been extended to the Scriptures , merely ...
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... whose worldly in- terefts and religious opinions were the fame . That they , who had the temerity to forge , would interpolate a writing , is perhaps a plau- fible prefumption . But the authors of fuch books would scarcely extend their ...
... whose worldly in- terefts and religious opinions were the fame . That they , who had the temerity to forge , would interpolate a writing , is perhaps a plau- fible prefumption . But the authors of fuch books would scarcely extend their ...
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