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... examination of an opinion which has been so widely extended cannot but be at all times a matter of moment , and of the greater moment because the in- fluence of this opinion was notoriously consi- derable in the age of the Gospel , the ...
... examination of an opinion which has been so widely extended cannot but be at all times a matter of moment , and of the greater moment because the in- fluence of this opinion was notoriously consi- derable in the age of the Gospel , the ...
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... examination of the doc- trine taught ? by the power afforded us either by revelation , or reason , of discerning its con- sistency with what we know to be true : of mak- ing its consistency with what we so know a proof , or condition ...
... examination of the doc- trine taught ? by the power afforded us either by revelation , or reason , of discerning its con- sistency with what we know to be true : of mak- ing its consistency with what we so know a proof , or condition ...
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... examination . For the miracles of the Gospel we have similar evidence . What- ever opinions may have been held by the Jews of our Saviour's time with regard to the power of evil spirits to work miracles , or the possibility that God ...
... examination . For the miracles of the Gospel we have similar evidence . What- ever opinions may have been held by the Jews of our Saviour's time with regard to the power of evil spirits to work miracles , or the possibility that God ...
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... examination ? Is it not the very same conduct with that of the assembly of rulers , who on occasion of the miracle wrought by Peter and John , are in the Acts of the Apostles said to have conferred on the subject , and from whom truth ...
... examination ? Is it not the very same conduct with that of the assembly of rulers , who on occasion of the miracle wrought by Peter and John , are in the Acts of the Apostles said to have conferred on the subject , and from whom truth ...
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... , suffered to pass without examination . We ob- serve also , that they are accounts of matters of fact in which the witnesses could not possi- bly have been deceived . It is incredible that the I SECT . I. OF THE DIRECT EVIDENCE . 113.
... , suffered to pass without examination . We ob- serve also , that they are accounts of matters of fact in which the witnesses could not possi- bly have been deceived . It is incredible that the I SECT . I. OF THE DIRECT EVIDENCE . 113.
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Page 21 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 145 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 90 - When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Page 142 - Jews: and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Page 81 - Moreover, . brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 46 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 30 - Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name : I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them : they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Page 86 - Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 79 - ... and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 92 - And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.