An Apology for the Disbelief of Revealed Religion: Consisting of Two Tracts Reprinted; the Latter with Some Additions1801 - Revelation - 198 pages |
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... himself concerning the Supreme Existence , we muft admit the Supreme to be ( however horri- ble the idea ) not a good Being , but the very reverfe . To this argument , however , I am particularly defirous of of engaging the attention of ...
... himself concerning the Supreme Existence , we muft admit the Supreme to be ( however horri- ble the idea ) not a good Being , but the very reverfe . To this argument , however , I am particularly defirous of of engaging the attention of ...
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... himself taught . The following argument is , I be- lieve , a new one . I have argued that the pretenfions of christianity to a heavenly and miraculous origin can have no juft foundation , because it has failed in respect of its object ...
... himself taught . The following argument is , I be- lieve , a new one . I have argued that the pretenfions of christianity to a heavenly and miraculous origin can have no juft foundation , because it has failed in respect of its object ...
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... himself . In the 5th chapter of Matthew , verfes 29th and 30th , the words of Jesus Christ are thus recorded : " If thy right eye of- “ fend thee , pluck it out and cast it from " thee : for it is profitable for thee that " one of thy ...
... himself . In the 5th chapter of Matthew , verfes 29th and 30th , the words of Jesus Christ are thus recorded : " If thy right eye of- “ fend thee , pluck it out and cast it from " thee : for it is profitable for thee that " one of thy ...
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... himself thus , " I tell you , nay . " In which determination two opinions feem to be fignified : first , that calamity is not punishment ; and , fecondly , that all juft punishment implies fin or crime in the fubject of it . Indeed , I ...
... himself thus , " I tell you , nay . " In which determination two opinions feem to be fignified : first , that calamity is not punishment ; and , fecondly , that all juft punishment implies fin or crime in the fubject of it . Indeed , I ...
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... himself ] , that he might even flay the " broken in heart . As he loved cursing , " fo let it come unto him ! As he delight- " ed not in bleffing , fo let it be far from " him ! As he clothed himself with curf- ing as with a garment ...
... himself ] , that he might even flay the " broken in heart . As he loved cursing , " fo let it come unto him ! As he delight- " ed not in bleffing , fo let it be far from " him ! As he clothed himself with curf- ing as with a garment ...
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Page 115 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 10 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 105 - But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this, last, even as unto thee.
Page 122 - In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 10 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, -than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 34 - As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come 'into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Page 80 - Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Page 82 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 47 - Therefore I say unto you ; Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 34 - Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD ; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.