A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian ReligionJ. Dodsley, 1776 - 191 páginas |
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... false principles is to- tally omitted , and many new pre- cepts added peculiarly correfpond- ing with the new object of this religion . Lastly , that such a system of re- ligion and morality could not poffibly have been the work of any ...
... false principles is to- tally omitted , and many new pre- cepts added peculiarly correfpond- ing with the new object of this religion . Lastly , that such a system of re- ligion and morality could not poffibly have been the work of any ...
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... false principles is entirely omitted , and many new precepts added , pecu- liarly correfponding with the new object of this religion . By moral precepts founded on reafon , I mean all thofe , which en- force force the practice of fuch ...
... false principles is entirely omitted , and many new precepts added , pecu- liarly correfponding with the new object of this religion . By moral precepts founded on reafon , I mean all thofe , which en- force force the practice of fuch ...
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... then both mischievous and criminal , and con- fequently forbidden , but in their utmost purity deferve no recom- mendation from this religion . Luke vi . 32 . Το 榆 To the judicious omiffion of these false virtues we [ 61 ]
... then both mischievous and criminal , and con- fequently forbidden , but in their utmost purity deferve no recom- mendation from this religion . Luke vi . 32 . Το 榆 To the judicious omiffion of these false virtues we [ 61 ]
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Soame Jenyns. 榆 To the judicious omiffion of these false virtues we may add that remarkable filence , which the Chriftian Legiflator every where preferves on fubjects efteemed by all others of the highest impor- tance , civil government ...
Soame Jenyns. 榆 To the judicious omiffion of these false virtues we may add that remarkable filence , which the Chriftian Legiflator every where preferves on fubjects efteemed by all others of the highest impor- tance , civil government ...
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... false facts , and falfe philofophy ; which can never be derived from the fountain of all wifdom and truth . To this I re- ply , that I readily acknowledge , that the fcriptures are not revelati- ons from God , but the hiftory of them ...
... false facts , and falfe philofophy ; which can never be derived from the fountain of all wifdom and truth . To this I re- ply , that I readily acknowledge , that the fcriptures are not revelati- ons from God , but the hiftory of them ...
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