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... it was not at the Red Sea only , that the Ifraelites regarded with fomething more than a care- lefs indifference the amazing mira- cles which God had wrought ; for .when when the law was declared to them from mount Sinai [ 25 ]
... it was not at the Red Sea only , that the Ifraelites regarded with fomething more than a care- lefs indifference the amazing mira- cles which God had wrought ; for .when when the law was declared to them from mount Sinai [ 25 ]
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... lefs indifference to the contempora- ries of Mofes , or ftubborn incredulity to the forefathers of the Jews ; I know not what can have induced you to pass so severe a censure up- on them , except that you look up- on a lapfe into ...
... lefs indifference to the contempora- ries of Mofes , or ftubborn incredulity to the forefathers of the Jews ; I know not what can have induced you to pass so severe a censure up- on them , except that you look up- on a lapfe into ...
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... lefs predicted , by the Apoftles ; or that their mistake in that particular expectation , can in no degree diminifh the general weight of their teftimony as hifto- rians , I fhall not be forry for the E ennui 4 - ennui I may have ...
... lefs predicted , by the Apoftles ; or that their mistake in that particular expectation , can in no degree diminifh the general weight of their teftimony as hifto- rians , I fhall not be forry for the E ennui 4 - ennui I may have ...
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... lefs known ; that is , that miracles fhould not be per- formed before fuch a Being as Man , at thofe times , in those places , and under thofe circum- ftances , which God , in his univer- fal providence , had preordained . I am , & c ...
... lefs known ; that is , that miracles fhould not be per- formed before fuch a Being as Man , at thofe times , in those places , and under thofe circum- ftances , which God , in his univer- fal providence , had preordained . I am , & c ...
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... tum a Romanis Sacerdotibus evocari De- um , cujus in tutela id oppidum effet ; promittique illi eundem , aut ampliorem . apud Romanos cultum . Plin , Nat . Hift . L. 38. C. iv . as with the lefs humane one of their captive kings [ 174 ]
... tum a Romanis Sacerdotibus evocari De- um , cujus in tutela id oppidum effet ; promittique illi eundem , aut ampliorem . apud Romanos cultum . Plin , Nat . Hift . L. 38. C. iv . as with the lefs humane one of their captive kings [ 174 ]
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