The force of the argument for the truth of Christianity drawn from a collective view of prophecy, occasion'd by dr. [C.] Middleton's Examination of the bishop of London's Discourses1653 |
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... Since then there is a manifeft Order and Subor- dination obfervable in the Prophecies , and fince We cannot fuppofe this Order to be the Ef- fect of Chance , neither is the Use it can be of , in bringing about the fecond End of Prophecy ...
... Since then there is a manifeft Order and Subor- dination obfervable in the Prophecies , and fince We cannot fuppofe this Order to be the Ef- fect of Chance , neither is the Use it can be of , in bringing about the fecond End of Prophecy ...
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... own De- figns , by preventing his Works from answering that very End for which he created them : Since a Page 104 . it it is plain that he takes from the last Set [ 45 ] confiftent with Reason, and the Design of the ...
... own De- figns , by preventing his Works from answering that very End for which he created them : Since a Page 104 . it it is plain that he takes from the last Set [ 45 ] confiftent with Reason, and the Design of the ...
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... Since the Examiner has not thought fit to give us any other Reason for the Neceffity of confidering them in this Light , than barely fay- ing that they must be thus confidered , it might be fufficient to oppofe Affertion to Affertion ...
... Since the Examiner has not thought fit to give us any other Reason for the Neceffity of confidering them in this Light , than barely fay- ing that they must be thus confidered , it might be fufficient to oppofe Affertion to Affertion ...
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... Since then the Facts related in this Story are all in themselves naturally credible , and fince the Authority of Mofes is of the highest Kind and fufficient to induce a Belief of them when thus proved to be credible ; in order to arrive ...
... Since then the Facts related in this Story are all in themselves naturally credible , and fince the Authority of Mofes is of the highest Kind and fufficient to induce a Belief of them when thus proved to be credible ; in order to arrive ...
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... Since then the Jews made but a fmall Part of those , for whose Benefit this Account was given , however clear these Doctrines might have appeared to them in an allegorical Drefs , We can hardly fup- pose that their Taste alone would ...
... Since then the Jews made but a fmall Part of those , for whose Benefit this Account was given , however clear these Doctrines might have appeared to them in an allegorical Drefs , We can hardly fup- pose that their Taste alone would ...
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Page 96 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 98 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 83 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 108 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 95 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 98 - And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Page 91 - And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 91 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 40 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 41 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?