A Refutation of Every Argument Brought Against the Truth of Christianity, and Revealed Religion, by Thomas Paine,: In the First Part of His Work, Called "The Age of Reason".G.B. Whittaker, ... T. Hamilton, Baynes and Sone, ... and S. Bennett, Nottingham., 1825 - Church history - 310 pages |
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... explains the facts , therefore , the facts establish the hypothesis . Again , it is a legitimate mode of arguing , to infer the truth of a complex position from the proof of its several parts ; and the certainty of the conclusion , is ...
... explains the facts , therefore , the facts establish the hypothesis . Again , it is a legitimate mode of arguing , to infer the truth of a complex position from the proof of its several parts ; and the certainty of the conclusion , is ...
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... explain to Mr. Paine's disciples why they did not ; but , first , let me observe , that the Jews , who were immedi- ately interested in the truth or falshood of it , have never been able to offer one satisfactory reason to disprove it ...
... explain to Mr. Paine's disciples why they did not ; but , first , let me observe , that the Jews , who were immedi- ately interested in the truth or falshood of it , have never been able to offer one satisfactory reason to disprove it ...
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... acknowledges , that the Jews , " had kept strict- ly to the belief of one God , whilst the Gentiles , that is , all the other nations of the world , had a belief in a mul- titude of divinities . " How will he explain this 42.
... acknowledges , that the Jews , " had kept strict- ly to the belief of one God , whilst the Gentiles , that is , all the other nations of the world , had a belief in a mul- titude of divinities . " How will he explain this 42.
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... explain this ? That the Grecians were a people as intelligent as the Jews , and the Romans fell short of neither , cannot be denied . How came it , then , that one small nation alone , should arrive at a truth , which Mr. Paine has ...
... explain this ? That the Grecians were a people as intelligent as the Jews , and the Romans fell short of neither , cannot be denied . How came it , then , that one small nation alone , should arrive at a truth , which Mr. Paine has ...
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... explained : ( see page 42 ) and the same perversion that originated their disbelief , has continued to perpetuate it . They want " the Prophet like unto Moses ; " not in his capacity as a Legislator , which Christ was , but as a ...
... explained : ( see page 42 ) and the same perversion that originated their disbelief , has continued to perpetuate it . They want " the Prophet like unto Moses ; " not in his capacity as a Legislator , which Christ was , but as a ...
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Page 304 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 168 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 240 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters, which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 181 - Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things, ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 119 - And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? when a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Page 85 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, " Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 305 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 239 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 19 - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3.
Page 175 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...