The Works of William Paley, D.D.: A view of the evidences of ChristianityJoshua Belcher, 1810 - Theology |
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... authority of government . Add to which , that the religious systems of those times , however ill supported by evidence , had been long estab- lished . The ancient religion of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the ...
... authority of government . Add to which , that the religious systems of those times , however ill supported by evidence , had been long estab- lished . The ancient religion of a country has always many votaries , and sometimes not the ...
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... authority , but must disgrace all the settled religions of the world ? It was not to be imagined that he would endure with patience , that the religion of the emperour and of the state should be calumniated and borne down by a company ...
... authority , but must disgrace all the settled religions of the world ? It was not to be imagined that he would endure with patience , that the religion of the emperour and of the state should be calumniated and borne down by a company ...
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... authority , was concerned in its first suc- cess , I should conclude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the author of the religion during his life , and his immediate disciples after his death , exerted them- selves ...
... authority , was concerned in its first suc- cess , I should conclude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the author of the religion during his life , and his immediate disciples after his death , exerted them- selves ...
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... authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his silence concerning any subsisting law upon the sub- ject , his requesting the emperour's rescript , and the empe- rour , agreeably to his request , propounding a rule for his ...
... authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his silence concerning any subsisting law upon the sub- ject , his requesting the emperour's rescript , and the empe- rour , agreeably to his request , propounding a rule for his ...
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... authority for what he said , and contrary to the truth of the case ; or that , although Christ had never foretold any such thing , and the event would have contradicted him if he had , yet historians who lived in the age when the event ...
... authority for what he said , and contrary to the truth of the case ; or that , although Christ had never foretold any such thing , and the event would have contradicted him if he had , yet historians who lived in the age when the event ...
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Page 368 - 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 267 - And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Page 219 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Page 263 - And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they haVe received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables.
Page 374 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Page 79 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; 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, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 265 - 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 279 - And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither ; notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth ; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets ; He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 266 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Page 252 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ...