The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - 330 pages |
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... Lord 254 IX . The faith of the four above - mentioned perfons , the fame with that of the churches of the Eaft , of the Weft , and of Egypt . X. Another perfon added to them , who brings us to the year 343 , and that many other lifts ...
... Lord 254 IX . The faith of the four above - mentioned perfons , the fame with that of the churches of the Eaft , of the Weft , and of Egypt . X. Another perfon added to them , who brings us to the year 343 , and that many other lifts ...
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... fucceffively contemporaries , and bring us down as far as to the year of our Lord 254. St. John , who was the beloved Difciple , and converfed the most moft intimately with our Saviour , lived till Anno . 38 The EVIDENCES of.
... fucceffively contemporaries , and bring us down as far as to the year of our Lord 254. St. John , who was the beloved Difciple , and converfed the most moft intimately with our Saviour , lived till Anno . 38 The EVIDENCES of.
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... Lord , lived till Anno Dom . 167 , tho ' his life was fhortned by martyrdom . Irenæus , who was the Difciple of Polycarp , and had conversed with many of the immediate Disciples of the Apoftles , lived , at the lowest com- putation of ...
... Lord , lived till Anno Dom . 167 , tho ' his life was fhortned by martyrdom . Irenæus , who was the Difciple of Polycarp , and had conversed with many of the immediate Disciples of the Apoftles , lived , at the lowest com- putation of ...
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... Lord . This venerable per- fon , who had probably heard with his own ears our Saviour's prophecy of the deftruction of Jerufalem , prefided over the Church established in that city , dur- ing the time of its memorable fiege , and drew ...
... Lord . This venerable per- fon , who had probably heard with his own ears our Saviour's prophecy of the deftruction of Jerufalem , prefided over the Church established in that city , dur- ing the time of its memorable fiege , and drew ...
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... Lord himself , and many of those rites and ceremonies which obtained in the moft early times of the Church . These are to be regarded as ftanding marks of fuch facts as were delivered by thofe , who were eye - witneffes to them , and ...
... Lord himself , and many of those rites and ceremonies which obtained in the moft early times of the Church . These are to be regarded as ftanding marks of fuch facts as were delivered by thofe , who were eye - witneffes to them , and ...
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Page 193 - After it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the voice of his excellency; And he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
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