The Works of William Paley ...: Comprising the Additional Volume of Sermons First Published in 1825, with a Memoir of His Life : Complete in Six Volumes, Volume 2Hilliard and Brown, 1830 - Sermons |
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... tion ( and by no other ) the objection to the divine government in not putting a difference between the good and the bad , and the inconsistency of this confusion with the care and benevo- lence discoverable in the works of the Deity is ...
... tion ( and by no other ) the objection to the divine government in not putting a difference between the good and the bad , and the inconsistency of this confusion with the care and benevo- lence discoverable in the works of the Deity is ...
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... tion of evidence they be attested . This is the prejudication we would resist . For to this length does a modern objection to miracles go , viz . that no human testimony can in any case render them credible . I think the reflection ...
... tion of evidence they be attested . This is the prejudication we would resist . For to this length does a modern objection to miracles go , viz . that no human testimony can in any case render them credible . I think the reflection ...
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... tion is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experi- ence negatives the history . But to expect concerning a mir- acle , that it should succeed upon a repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle ...
... tion is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experi- ence negatives the history . But to expect concerning a mir- acle , that it should succeed upon a repetition , is to expect that which would make it cease to be a miracle ...
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... tion ) , for I DID NOT DOUBT , whatever it was that they con- fessed , that contumacy and inflexible obstinacy ought to be punished . His master , Trajan , a mild and accomplished Prince , went , nevertheless , no farther in his ...
... tion ) , for I DID NOT DOUBT , whatever it was that they con- fessed , that contumacy and inflexible obstinacy ought to be punished . His master , Trajan , a mild and accomplished Prince , went , nevertheless , no farther in his ...
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... tion of this purpose , they underwent the labours and troubles , which we observe the propagators of new sects to undergo ; that the attempt must necessarily have also been in a high de- gree dangerous ; that , from the subject of the ...
... tion of this purpose , they underwent the labours and troubles , which we observe the propagators of new sects to undergo ; that the attempt must necessarily have also been in a high de- gree dangerous ; that , from the subject of the ...
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Page 200 - 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 213 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 209 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 31 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for ^my name's sake.
Page 287 - 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 206 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 47 - 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 249 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 63 - It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus...
Page 207 - How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?