A Treatise on the Evidence of the Scripture MiraclesBaldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1826 - 356 pages |
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Page 171
... far as to deny without examination facts which it is our duty to sift and investigate , is not only impious as it a See p . 104 . refuses attention to claims which God himself may have authorised SECT . IV . 171 NOT PARTY EVIDENCE .
... far as to deny without examination facts which it is our duty to sift and investigate , is not only impious as it a See p . 104 . refuses attention to claims which God himself may have authorised SECT . IV . 171 NOT PARTY EVIDENCE .
Page 200
... examination : that the witnesses were men who could not intend to deceive " : that the number of the miracles adds to the strength of the evidence : and that though the evidence of some , taken alone , be deficient , this is far from ...
... examination : that the witnesses were men who could not intend to deceive " : that the number of the miracles adds to the strength of the evidence : and that though the evidence of some , taken alone , be deficient , this is far from ...
Page 221
... lie perhaps on the surface , but which the pious man recognizes on self - examination , can be proved to him to argue a depth of penetration into the moral nature and character SECT . VI . PROBABILITY OF THE SYSTEM . 221.
... lie perhaps on the surface , but which the pious man recognizes on self - examination , can be proved to him to argue a depth of penetration into the moral nature and character SECT . VI . PROBABILITY OF THE SYSTEM . 221.
Page 272
... examination , we are seldom in- clined even to suspect any error in the verdict of an able and unprejudiced tribunal . If the detail of the evidence adds any thing to our con- viction , this is not , so far as our conviction is rational ...
... examination , we are seldom in- clined even to suspect any error in the verdict of an able and unprejudiced tribunal . If the detail of the evidence adds any thing to our con- viction , this is not , so far as our conviction is rational ...
Page 307
... examination ; but also his miracles actually forced their way . They were miracles of such a character , and per- formed under such circumstances , that though they had been denied , they could not have been overlooked . The religion ...
... examination ; but also his miracles actually forced their way . They were miracles of such a character , and per- formed under such circumstances , that though they had been denied , they could not have been overlooked . The religion ...
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Page 21 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 145 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 90 - When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Page 142 - Jews: and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Page 81 - Moreover, . brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 46 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 30 - Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name : I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them : they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Page 86 - Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 79 - ... and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 92 - And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.