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... divine authority . It could not have been invented : it would not have been re- ceived . This line of argument has at least one advantage ; at the same time that it proves , if well founded , that the religion is true , it shows also ...
... divine authority . It could not have been invented : it would not have been re- ceived . This line of argument has at least one advantage ; at the same time that it proves , if well founded , that the religion is true , it shows also ...
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... state of hesitation . In persons thus circumstanced , before any thing like Christian faith can exist , the origin of Christianity must be examined more narrowly . vii and clearly seen to be divine . And these vi PREFACE .
... state of hesitation . In persons thus circumstanced , before any thing like Christian faith can exist , the origin of Christianity must be examined more narrowly . vii and clearly seen to be divine . And these vi PREFACE .
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John Bird Sumner. vii and clearly seen to be divine . And these are the persons whose case I have particularly in view in the present Treatise . Every Christian is exhorted in Scripture to know why he believes : * and consi- dering the ...
John Bird Sumner. vii and clearly seen to be divine . And these are the persons whose case I have particularly in view in the present Treatise . Every Christian is exhorted in Scripture to know why he believes : * and consi- dering the ...
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... Divine prescience Compared with Mohammed- 3. Confident assertions of Jesus • • 144 · 146 • · 148 · 154 • 156 • 157 • 160 161 4. Directions respecting prayer , fasting , alms Compared with Mohammed . CHAPTER VIII . ORIGINALITY OF THE ...
... Divine prescience Compared with Mohammed- 3. Confident assertions of Jesus • • 144 · 146 • · 148 · 154 • 156 • 157 • 160 161 4. Directions respecting prayer , fasting , alms Compared with Mohammed . CHAPTER VIII . ORIGINALITY OF THE ...
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... . Nature of the Evidence of Christianity 2. Agrees with the general character of divine go- vernment • 3. Suitable to a probationary state 292 302 • 302 • 304 306 S07 THE EVIDENCE , & c . • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY xii CONTENTS .
... . Nature of the Evidence of Christianity 2. Agrees with the general character of divine go- vernment • 3. Suitable to a probationary state 292 302 • 302 • 304 306 S07 THE EVIDENCE , & c . • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY xii CONTENTS .
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