The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4Thomas Tegg, 1825 - Theology |
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... considered by the adversaries of Christianity as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded ....... SECTION 10. Formal catalogues of authentic Scriptures were published , in all which our present Gospels were included ...
... considered by the adversaries of Christianity as containing the accounts upon which the religion was founded ....... SECTION 10. Formal catalogues of authentic Scriptures were published , in all which our present Gospels were included ...
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... considered , that this was not set- ting forth , or magnifying the character and worship of some new competitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
... considered , that this was not set- ting forth , or magnifying the character and worship of some new competitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
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... considered , that this was not the case of philosophers propounding in their books , or in their schools , doubts concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their disbelief of it . These philosophers did not go about ...
... considered , that this was not the case of philosophers propounding in their books , or in their schools , doubts concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their disbelief of it . These philosophers did not go about ...
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... considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magistrate , as any other part of the police . The religion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incor- porated into it . Many of ...
... considered religion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the magistrate , as any other part of the police . The religion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incor- porated into it . Many of ...
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... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful ; " and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection ...
... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful ; " and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection ...
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Page 212 - But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our peace was upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth...
Page 266 - Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her ; Thou hast well said I have no husband.
Page 392 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer ; distributing to the necessity of saints ; given to hospitality.
Page 211 - He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every...
Page 146 - Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Page 212 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief. When th6u shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Page 278 - A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Page 260 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 53 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 273 - And his disciples asked him, saying, " Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.