Evidences of ChristianityJ. F. Dove, 1826 - 336 pages |
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Page 15
... given by Mr. Gibbon : The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world , were all considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : ' and I would ...
... given by Mr. Gibbon : The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world , were all considered by the people as equally true , by the philosopher as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : ' and I would ...
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... given by Tacitus of the species of punishment which they were made to undergo , I think it sufficiently probable , that these were the executions to which the poet refers . These things , as has been already observed , took place within ...
... given by Tacitus of the species of punishment which they were made to undergo , I think it sufficiently probable , that these were the executions to which the poet refers . These things , as has been already observed , took place within ...
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... given in the history , of the dangers and distresses which he underwent , not only agrees , in ' general , with the language which he himself uses when- ever he speaks of his life or ministry , but is also , in many instances , attested ...
... given in the history , of the dangers and distresses which he underwent , not only agrees , in ' general , with the language which he himself uses when- ever he speaks of his life or ministry , but is also , in many instances , attested ...
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... given up their lives with all their hearts . ' Polycarp , the disciple of John ( though all that remains of his works be a very short epistle ) , has not left this subject unnoticed . ' I exhort ( says he ) all of you , that ye obey the ...
... given up their lives with all their hearts . ' Polycarp , the disciple of John ( though all that remains of his works be a very short epistle ) , has not left this subject unnoticed . ' I exhort ( says he ) all of you , that ye obey the ...
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... given of the other apostles in the former part of the his- tory , and within the short period which that account comprises , we find , first , two of them seized , imprisoned , brought before the Sanhedrim , and threatened with far ...
... given of the other apostles in the former part of the his- tory , and within the short period which that account comprises , we find , first , two of them seized , imprisoned , brought before the Sanhedrim , and threatened with far ...
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