Evidences of ChristianityJ. F. Dove, 1826 - 336 pages |
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... shew by posi- tive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might , so happen . The existence of the testimony . is a phenomenon ; the truth of the fact solves the pheno- menon . If we reject this solution , we ought to ...
... shew by posi- tive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might , so happen . The existence of the testimony . is a phenomenon ; the truth of the fact solves the pheno- menon . If we reject this solution , we ought to ...
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... shew , that none of them reach the strength or circum- stances of the Christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection : in the principle it- self , I am persuaded , there is none . PART I. OF THE DIRECT ...
... shew , that none of them reach the strength or circum- stances of the Christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection : in the principle it- self , I am persuaded , there is none . PART I. OF THE DIRECT ...
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... shew the notoriety of the fact with more certainty than this does . Martial's testimony , as well indeed as Pliny's , goes also to another point , viz . that the deaths . of these men were martyrdoms in the strictest sense , that is to ...
... shew the notoriety of the fact with more certainty than this does . Martial's testimony , as well indeed as Pliny's , goes also to another point , viz . that the deaths . of these men were martyrdoms in the strictest sense , that is to ...
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... shews the nature of the service . When we see one apostle suffering persecution in the discharge of his commission , we shall not believe , with- out evidence , that the same office could , at the same time , be attended with ease and ...
... shews the nature of the service . When we see one apostle suffering persecution in the discharge of his commission , we shall not believe , with- out evidence , that the same office could , at the same time , be attended with ease and ...
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... shew , that what the Gospels contain is the same as what the apostles preached . Now , how stands the proof of this point ? A set of men went about the world , publishing a story composed of miraculous ac- counts ( for miraculous from ...
... shew , that what the Gospels contain is the same as what the apostles preached . Now , how stands the proof of this point ? A set of men went about the world , publishing a story composed of miraculous ac- counts ( for miraculous from ...
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