Two Apologies: One for Christianity, in a Series of Letters Addressed to Edward Gibbon : the Other for the Bible, in Answer to Thomas Paine : to which are Added Two Sermons and a Charge in Defence of Revealed Religion |
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... Testament , and the ambiguous conduct of the apostolic teachers . " It requires , Sir , no learned industry to explain what is so ob- vious and so express , that he who runs may read it . The language of the Old Testament is this ...
... Testament , and the ambiguous conduct of the apostolic teachers . " It requires , Sir , no learned industry to explain what is so ob- vious and so express , that he who runs may read it . The language of the Old Testament is this ...
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... Testament are so intimately united with the narration of common events , and the ordinary transactions of life , that you cannot , as in profane history , separate the one from the other . My meaning will be illustrated by an instance ...
... Testament are so intimately united with the narration of common events , and the ordinary transactions of life , that you cannot , as in profane history , separate the one from the other . My meaning will be illustrated by an instance ...
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... . Paul would have enabled us to grace it with the names of Festus , and king Agrippa himself ; not that the writers of the Books of the F New Testament seem to have been at all solici- tous AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 65.
... . Paul would have enabled us to grace it with the names of Festus , and king Agrippa himself ; not that the writers of the Books of the F New Testament seem to have been at all solici- tous AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY . 65.
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... Testament seem to have been at all solici- tous in mentioning the great or the learned who were converted to the faith ; had that been part of their design , they would , in the true style of impostors , have kept out of sight the publi ...
... Testament seem to have been at all solici- tous in mentioning the great or the learned who were converted to the faith ; had that been part of their design , they would , in the true style of impostors , have kept out of sight the publi ...
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... Testament ; and from that place you may pos- sibly see reason to imagine , that the darkness might not , perhaps , have been so intense as to deserve the particular notice of the Roman natu- ralists : -And he opened the bottomless pit ...
... Testament ; and from that place you may pos- sibly see reason to imagine , that the darkness might not , perhaps , have been so intense as to deserve the particular notice of the Roman natu- ralists : -And he opened the bottomless pit ...
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Page 37 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 34 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 244 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 330 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 22 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 368 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 63 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 224 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods...
Page 259 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 368 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.