Evidences of ChristianityJ. F. Dove, 1826 - 336 pages |
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William Paley. EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY . PREPARATORY CONSIDERATIONS . I DEEM it unnecessary to prove , that mankind stood in need of a revelation , because I have met with no serious person who thinks that , even under the Christian ...
William Paley. EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY . PREPARATORY CONSIDERATIONS . I DEEM it unnecessary to prove , that mankind stood in need of a revelation , because I have met with no serious person who thinks that , even under the Christian ...
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... prove the reality of mira- cles . The reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only that in miracles adduced in support of revela- tion , there is not any such antecedent improbability as no testimony can surmount . And for ...
... prove the reality of mira- cles . The reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only that in miracles adduced in support of revela- tion , there is not any such antecedent improbability as no testimony can surmount . And for ...
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... proves three things : 1st , that the Founder of the institution was put to death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; that it so spread , as ...
... proves three things : 1st , that the Founder of the institution was put to death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; that it so spread , as ...
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... proves that a morality , more pure and strict than was ordinary , prevailed at that time in Christian societies . And to me it appears , that we are authorized to carry this testimony back to the age of the apostles ; because it is not ...
... proves that a morality , more pure and strict than was ordinary , prevailed at that time in Christian societies . And to me it appears , that we are authorized to carry this testimony back to the age of the apostles ; because it is not ...
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William Paley. gion , which ascription alone proves , either that such pre- dictions were delivered and fulfilled , or that the writers of Christ's life were induced by the event to attribute such predictions to him ; seventhly , letters ...
William Paley. gion , which ascription alone proves , either that such pre- dictions were delivered and fulfilled , or that the writers of Christ's life were induced by the event to attribute such predictions to him ; seventhly , letters ...
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