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... And the authors who invented it , invented it with a view to its being received . If I imagine the case of persons embracing such a design , I must suppose them 54 ORIGINALITY OF CHAPTER III ORIGINALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES.
... And the authors who invented it , invented it with a view to its being received . If I imagine the case of persons embracing such a design , I must suppose them 54 ORIGINALITY OF CHAPTER III ORIGINALITY OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES.
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John Bird Sumner. persons embracing such a design , I must suppose them considering , both what doctrines it were possible for them to propose , and what doctrines were likely to prove acceptable . be as- The success of Mahommed's ...
John Bird Sumner. persons embracing such a design , I must suppose them considering , both what doctrines it were possible for them to propose , and what doctrines were likely to prove acceptable . be as- The success of Mahommed's ...
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... embrace the notion of a Moral Governor in controversy with them , or believe the danger of a resurrection to con- demnation . These were the sceptical portion of the people ; the free - livers and free - thinkers of their day . We can ...
... embrace the notion of a Moral Governor in controversy with them , or believe the danger of a resurrection to con- demnation . These were the sceptical portion of the people ; the free - livers and free - thinkers of their day . We can ...
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... embrace , than he was likely to con- ceive , the precept , " Lay not up for yourselves trea- sures on earth . " It would be new to him to hear the positive assurance , " These shall go away into ever- lasting punishment ; but the ...
... embrace , than he was likely to con- ceive , the precept , " Lay not up for yourselves trea- sures on earth . " It would be new to him to hear the positive assurance , " These shall go away into ever- lasting punishment ; but the ...
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... embrace a religion which had nothing in common with their former opinions , and directly opposed some of their strongest prejudices . CHAPTER IV . Connexion of Christianity with the Jewish History THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES . 83.
... embrace a religion which had nothing in common with their former opinions , and directly opposed some of their strongest prejudices . CHAPTER IV . Connexion of Christianity with the Jewish History THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES . 83.
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