Dissertations on Some of the Most Remarkable Wonders of Antiquity: On the Darkness at the Passion; on the Pool of Bethesda; on the Thundering Legion; on the Miraculous Earthquake at Jerusalem; on the Fall of Simon Magnus at the Prayer of S. Peter;--&c. In which Those Facts are Ascertained, and the Conduct of the Heathens in Regard to Them is Accounted for on the Same Principle, which is Made Use of in Vindicating the Miracles of Christianity from the Neglect and Rejection of Them by the HeathensJ. Bentham, 1748 - 383 страница |
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... intelligent Reader for this me- thod of proceeding in the illuftration of the pre- fent fubject , and for not formally anfwering any of the controverfial Pieces written against me , if if they were of much greater credit than they are.
... intelligent Reader for this me- thod of proceeding in the illuftration of the pre- fent fubject , and for not formally anfwering any of the controverfial Pieces written against me , if if they were of much greater credit than they are.
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... greater credit than they are ; but in truth they have in all respects fo little merit , that I question whether any mention of them at all may not be improper , and whether it may not have the appearance of the proud La- cedæmonians ...
... greater credit than they are ; but in truth they have in all respects fo little merit , that I question whether any mention of them at all may not be improper , and whether it may not have the appearance of the proud La- cedæmonians ...
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... greater number during their lives , at their deaths , and even after their deaths : and if , as I have before fhewn , there is fo remarkable neglect of them all amongst the Heathens , who were more capable of judging of these matters ...
... greater number during their lives , at their deaths , and even after their deaths : and if , as I have before fhewn , there is fo remarkable neglect of them all amongst the Heathens , who were more capable of judging of these matters ...
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... greater numbers , notwithstanding they were under the power of as obftinate and inveterate prejudices as the heart of man could admit . And though it is objected to me that the Deifts themselves have not ur- ged this difficulty , yet I ...
... greater numbers , notwithstanding they were under the power of as obftinate and inveterate prejudices as the heart of man could admit . And though it is objected to me that the Deifts themselves have not ur- ged this difficulty , yet I ...
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... greater need of a miracle than " at that juncture , when the World was relapfing apace " into idolatry ; and peradventure God Almighty thought " it neceffary to interpofe in fo miraculous a manner , to ' ‹ prevent the re - establishment ...
... greater need of a miracle than " at that juncture , when the World was relapfing apace " into idolatry ; and peradventure God Almighty thought " it neceffary to interpofe in fo miraculous a manner , to ' ‹ prevent the re - establishment ...
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Страница 367 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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Страница 373 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the .power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Страница 330 - Spirit, and I will show wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke : the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
Страница 292 - And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell me them, I pray you.
Страница 321 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
Страница 292 - And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
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Страница 340 - I fhould obey his Voice to let Ifrael go ? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Ifrael go.
Страница 311 - The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king-, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.