The Works of William Paley: Evidences of christianityC. and J. Rivington and J. Nunn, 1825 - Bible |
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... hands acknowledged . First , then , the Christian Religion exists , and therefore by some means or other was established . Now it either owes the principle of its establishment , i . e . its first publication , to the activity of the ...
... hands acknowledged . First , then , the Christian Religion exists , and therefore by some means or other was established . Now it either owes the principle of its establishment , i . e . its first publication , to the activity of the ...
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... hand of government , as well as from the sudden fury and unbridled licence of the people , they would oftentimes experience injurious and cruel treatment ; that , at any rate , they must have always had so much to fear for their ...
... hand of government , as well as from the sudden fury and unbridled licence of the people , they would oftentimes experience injurious and cruel treatment ; that , at any rate , they must have always had so much to fear for their ...
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... hands on you , and persecute you , delivering you up to the synagogues ; and into prisons , being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake : -and ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren , and kinsfolks and friends ...
... hands on you , and persecute you , delivering you up to the synagogues ; and into prisons , being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake : -and ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren , and kinsfolks and friends ...
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... hands the books upon their publication were to come , should nevertheless be inserted , for the purpose of producing an effect upon remote generations . In forgeries which do not appear till many ages after that to which they pretend to ...
... hands the books upon their publication were to come , should nevertheless be inserted , for the purpose of producing an effect upon remote generations . In forgeries which do not appear till many ages after that to which they pretend to ...
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... hands * . ” Hitherto the preachers of the new religion seem to have had the common people on their side ; which is assigned as the reason why the Jewish rulers did not , at this time , think it prudent to proceed to greater ex ...
... hands * . ” Hitherto the preachers of the new religion seem to have had the common people on their side ; which is assigned as the reason why the Jewish rulers did not , at this time , think it prudent to proceed to greater ex ...
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Page 265 - 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. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me; and, Because I go to the Father?
Page 223 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 366 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 371 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
Page 248 - 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 289 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 314 - Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Page 264 - When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
Page 273 - And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither ; notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth ; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets ; He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 207 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.