An Apology for Christianity: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon, ... By R. Watson, ...J. Archdeacon, 1776 - 295 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 22
עמוד 6
... principles than those , you have thought proper to mention . 66 Your firft caufe is " the inflexi- ❝ble , and , if you may use the ex- preffion , the intolerant zeal of " the Christians , derived , it is true , " from the Jewish ...
... principles than those , you have thought proper to mention . 66 Your firft caufe is " the inflexi- ❝ble , and , if you may use the ex- preffion , the intolerant zeal of " the Christians , derived , it is true , " from the Jewish ...
עמוד 8
... principle from which it was derived , we are toto calo di vided in opinion . You deduce it from the Jewish religion ; I would refer it to a more adequate and a more obvious fource , a full per- fuafion of the truth of Christianity ...
... principle from which it was derived , we are toto calo di vided in opinion . You deduce it from the Jewish religion ; I would refer it to a more adequate and a more obvious fource , a full per- fuafion of the truth of Christianity ...
עמוד 9
... principle , that the same Apostle in conjunction with John , when fummoned , not before the dregs of the people , ( whose judg- ments they might have been fup- pofed capable of misleading , and whose resentment they might have defpifed ...
... principle , that the same Apostle in conjunction with John , when fummoned , not before the dregs of the people , ( whose judg- ments they might have been fup- pofed capable of misleading , and whose resentment they might have defpifed ...
עמוד 11
... principles at the expence of their lives ; and we ought no more to infer the truth of Christianity from the mere zeal of it's propagators , than the truth of Mahometanifm from that of a Turk . · Turk . When a man fuffers him- felf to [ 11 ]
... principles at the expence of their lives ; and we ought no more to infer the truth of Christianity from the mere zeal of it's propagators , than the truth of Mahometanifm from that of a Turk . · Turk . When a man fuffers him- felf to [ 11 ]
עמוד 13
... or their com- petency to judge of the facts which they relate , is not now to be examined ; the queftion before us fimply relates to the principle , by which their zeal fimply [ 13 ] to our faith. In the cafe indeed ...
... or their com- petency to judge of the facts which they relate , is not now to be examined ; the queftion before us fimply relates to the principle , by which their zeal fimply [ 13 ] to our faith. In the cafe indeed ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
abfurd accuſed againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer Apoſtles becauſe caufe cauſe Celfus cenfure cerning Chri Chrift Chriftians church circumſtances concerning confifted darkneſs deferved defign defirous diſcover doctrine duce emperor eſcape eſpecially eſtabliſhed Evangelifts exprefs faid faith fame fays fcripture feems fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fion firft firſt fome fpeak ftians fubject fuch fuffer fuperftition fuppofed fupported furely furpriſed fyftem Galerius goſpel hiftorians hiftory himſelf human itſelf Jefus Jews juſt Lactantius laft lavas laws of nature leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mankind ment mention miracles Mofes moft moſt muſt Nero obferving occafion opinion paffage Pagan Paganiſm Papias perfecution perfon perfuaded philofophers Plin Pliny pofition preſent prophecy puniſhed purpoſe queſtion reaſon refurrection religion rience Roman Rome ſay ſeem ſeen ſpeak ſpirit Suetonius Tacitus Teftament teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion Trajan tranflation truth underſtand univerfal uſe worſhip yourſelves zeal
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.