An Apology for Christianity: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, ... By R. Watson, ...J. Archdeacon, 1776 - 295 עמודים |
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עמוד 149
... - - spised Apostle yet they beheld with exulting complacency , and have related with unfufpecting credulity , the oftentatious tricks of a Roman Emperor . It was not for want K 3 of [ 149 ] furprise to us, that miracles fo cele- ...
... - - spised Apostle yet they beheld with exulting complacency , and have related with unfufpecting credulity , the oftentatious tricks of a Roman Emperor . It was not for want K 3 of [ 149 ] furprise to us, that miracles fo cele- ...
עמוד 150
... Emperor . It was not for want of faith in miraculous events , that these Sages neglected the Christian miracles , but for want of candour , and impartial exami- nation . I answer in the fecond place , that in the Acts of the Apoftles ...
... Emperor . It was not for want of faith in miraculous events , that these Sages neglected the Christian miracles , but for want of candour , and impartial exami- nation . I answer in the fecond place , that in the Acts of the Apoftles ...
עמוד 156
... muft , by Nero's perfecu- tion , have been almost destroyed in Rome ; and it would have been uncourtly , not to fay unfafe , tọ have noticed an order of men , whofe whofe innocence an emperor had determined to traduce , in [ 156 ]
... muft , by Nero's perfecu- tion , have been almost destroyed in Rome ; and it would have been uncourtly , not to fay unfafe , tọ have noticed an order of men , whofe whofe innocence an emperor had determined to traduce , in [ 156 ]
עמוד 157
... emperor had determined to traduce , in order to divert the dangerous , but deferved ftream of popular cenfure from himself . Notwithstanding this , there is a paffage in the Natural Hiftory of Pliny ; which , how much foever it may have ...
... emperor had determined to traduce , in order to divert the dangerous , but deferved ftream of popular cenfure from himself . Notwithstanding this , there is a paffage in the Natural Hiftory of Pliny ; which , how much foever it may have ...
עמוד 169
... feem not to believe that Pontius Pilate " informed the Emperor of the " unjuft fentence of death , which " he had pronounced against an " innocent perfon : " And the fame reason , " in- [ 169 ] in ages of science and hiftory. I ...
... feem not to believe that Pontius Pilate " informed the Emperor of the " unjuft fentence of death , which " he had pronounced against an " innocent perfon : " And the fame reason , " in- [ 169 ] in ages of science and hiftory. I ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 50 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
עמוד 30 - The Lord thy God will raife up unto thee a Prophet from the midft of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me...
עמוד 25 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
עמוד 206 - ... sufficient to exalt the nature and regulate the manners of mankind. Shall we never have done with this groundless commendation of natural law? Look into the first chapter of Paul's Epistle to the...
עמוד 63 - Of that day, fays our Saviour, and. of that hour, knoweth no one; no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
עמוד 227 - God, derived from the harmony and order of the universe, as old and trite ; there have been men, it seems, in all ages, who, in affecting singularity, have overlooked truth ; an argument, however, is not the worse for being old ; and surely it would have been a more just mode of reasoning, if you had examined the external evidence for the truth...
עמוד 72 - The divine inspiration, whether it was conveyed in the form of a waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful, on women as on elders, on boys as well as upon bishops.
עמוד 91 - There was a time when no one was acquainted with the laws of magnetism ; these suspend in many instances the laws of gravity ; nor can I see, upon the principle in question, how the rest of mankind could have credited the testimony of their first discoverer ; and yet to have rejected it, would have been to reject the truth.
עמוד 52 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
עמוד 46 - We are made as the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things unto this day.— 1 Cor.