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... pretended to be no more than a teacher sent from God , or some great prophet , his pretensions would be fully ... pretends to one of a peculiar kind : in short , he claims to be the Messiah of the Jews , of whom Moses in the law , and ...
... pretended to be no more than a teacher sent from God , or some great prophet , his pretensions would be fully ... pretends to one of a peculiar kind : in short , he claims to be the Messiah of the Jews , of whom Moses in the law , and ...
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... pretend . For impostors generally blunder in some or other of these matters ; and in undertaking to write about things of which they have no certain knowledge , their ignorance detects their fraud . But besides this , these books were ...
... pretend . For impostors generally blunder in some or other of these matters ; and in undertaking to write about things of which they have no certain knowledge , their ignorance detects their fraud . But besides this , these books were ...
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... pretend that Christ should appear to every per- son of every age , in order to give him sensible evi- dence that he is risen . The matter then at last must depend upon testimony of some sort or other ; and the only inquiry with us ought ...
... pretend that Christ should appear to every per- son of every age , in order to give him sensible evi- dence that he is risen . The matter then at last must depend upon testimony of some sort or other ; and the only inquiry with us ought ...
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... pretended . And supposing then that they were false , how is it possible that they should have gained any degree of credit amongst those , who had it every day in their power to confute them ? That they did gain credit , most surprising ...
... pretended . And supposing then that they were false , how is it possible that they should have gained any degree of credit amongst those , who had it every day in their power to confute them ? That they did gain credit , most surprising ...
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... pretend to deny them now , is to shake the faith of all history in so terrible a manner , as to render all testimony of distant facts utterly uncertain and of no account . The reports of them were published , and the histories of them ...
... pretend to deny them now , is to shake the faith of all history in so terrible a manner , as to render all testimony of distant facts utterly uncertain and of no account . The reports of them were published , and the histories of them ...
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Page 171 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God ; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 170 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 21 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 18 - Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 332 - For the right faith is, that we believe and confess, That our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man...
Page 331 - Son of God; begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God; begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made...
Page 161 - And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, who .was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious ; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 302 - Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word...
Page 179 - If any man shall ADD UNTO THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK: and if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AND OUT OF THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.
Page 159 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...