The Evidences of the Christian ReligionJ. Tonson, 1733 - 330 pages |
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... of a caufe , though never fo just in it felf , they confidently affert this mira- culous power , which then fubfifted in the Church , nay tell us that they them- felves had been eye - witneffes of it at fe- felves 54 The EVIDENCES of.
... of a caufe , though never fo just in it felf , they confidently affert this mira- culous power , which then fubfifted in the Church , nay tell us that they them- felves had been eye - witneffes of it at fe- felves 54 The EVIDENCES of.
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Joseph Addison. and Governors for opinions and tenets of any kind , when this never happened even to the Epicureans , who abfolutely denied a Providence ; nor to the Peri- pateticks themselves , who laughed at the prayers and facrifices ...
Joseph Addison. and Governors for opinions and tenets of any kind , when this never happened even to the Epicureans , who abfolutely denied a Providence ; nor to the Peri- pateticks themselves , who laughed at the prayers and facrifices ...
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... never talk in fuch a peremptory and dif- couraging manner , were he not affured that he was able to fubdue the most pow- erful oppofition , that could be made a- gainst the faith and doctrine which he taught . IV . Who is not ftruck ...
... never talk in fuch a peremptory and dif- couraging manner , were he not affured that he was able to fubdue the most pow- erful oppofition , that could be made a- gainst the faith and doctrine which he taught . IV . Who is not ftruck ...
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... them with a face of confidence , that they would never be re - established , fince they had committed that horrid crime against the Saviour of the world . This was a bold bold affertion in the good man , who knew how 68 The EVIDENCES of.
... them with a face of confidence , that they would never be re - established , fince they had committed that horrid crime against the Saviour of the world . This was a bold bold affertion in the good man , who knew how 68 The EVIDENCES of.
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... never go far enough . Who bath seen him , that he might tell us ? And who can magnify him as he is ? There are yet bid greater things than these be , for we have feen but a few of his works . I have here only confidered the Su- preme ...
... never go far enough . Who bath seen him , that he might tell us ? And who can magnify him as he is ? There are yet bid greater things than these be , for we have feen but a few of his works . I have here only confidered the Su- preme ...
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Page 103 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 87 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 79 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ; for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.
Page 82 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Page 291 - ... as it generally happens, that virtue would make us more happy even in this life than a contrary...
Page 195 - 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.
Page 89 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 296 - ... from all relation to eternity, is the most wonderful and unaccountable composition in the whole creation. He hath capacities to lodge a much greater variety of knowledge than he will be ever master of, and an unsatisfied curiosity to tread the secret paths of nature and providence ; but with this, his organs...
Page 238 - Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for...
Page 91 - Secondly, How deplorable is the condition of an intellectual being, who feels no other effects from this his presence but such as proceed from divine wrath and indignation...