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... give up the truth of their account : ftill , if Mr. Hume's rule be my guide , I am not to believe them . Now I undertake to fay that there exifts not a sceptic in the world , who would not believe them ; or who would defend such in ...
... give up the truth of their account : ftill , if Mr. Hume's rule be my guide , I am not to believe them . Now I undertake to fay that there exifts not a sceptic in the world , who would not believe them ; or who would defend such in ...
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... gives , after it had been reported to him by his own prefident , that , by the most strict examination , noth- ing could be difcovered in the principles of thefe perfons , but , " a bad and exceffive fuperftition , " accompanied , it ...
... gives , after it had been reported to him by his own prefident , that , by the most strict examination , noth- ing could be difcovered in the principles of thefe perfons , but , " a bad and exceffive fuperftition , " accompanied , it ...
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... gives us the author of the advice , and the fpeech which contained it . When , in confequence of this advice , the rulers contented themselves with threatening the apoftles , and commanding them to be beaten with ftripes with- out ...
... gives us the author of the advice , and the fpeech which contained it . When , in confequence of this advice , the rulers contented themselves with threatening the apoftles , and commanding them to be beaten with ftripes with- out ...
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... gives of the Christians of that age , and which was drawn from a pretty accurate inquiry , because he confidered their moral principles as the point in which the magiftrate was interested , is as follows : -He tells the emperor , " that ...
... gives of the Christians of that age , and which was drawn from a pretty accurate inquiry , because he confidered their moral principles as the point in which the magiftrate was interested , is as follows : -He tells the emperor , " that ...
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... gives no other or different hiftory of the fubject from ours , no other or different account of the original of the inftitution . And I think alfo that it may with great reafon be contended , either that the paffage is genuine , or that ...
... gives no other or different hiftory of the fubject from ours , no other or different account of the original of the inftitution . And I think alfo that it may with great reafon be contended , either that the paffage is genuine , or that ...
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Page 171 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 176 - Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 287 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 281 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 158 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 171 - But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Page 164 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 288 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 288 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 227 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, 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.