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... happened , and they say , it is not true . It has long appeared to me a strange inconsistency to cite the Jews as a proof of the truth of the story . It is just the same as if a man were to say , I will prove the truth of what I have ...
... happened , and they say , it is not true . It has long appeared to me a strange inconsistency to cite the Jews as a proof of the truth of the story . It is just the same as if a man were to say , I will prove the truth of what I have ...
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... happening to Adam and to us . That it does not prevent our dying is evident , because we all die ; and if their accounts of longevity be true , men die faster since the crucifixion than before ; and with respect to the second ex ...
... happening to Adam and to us . That it does not prevent our dying is evident , because we all die ; and if their accounts of longevity be true , men die faster since the crucifixion than before ; and with respect to the second ex ...
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... happened twice in our time , both of which were foreknown by calculation . It can also be known when they will happen again for a thousand years to come , or to any other portion of time . As , therefore , man could not be able to do ...
... happened twice in our time , both of which were foreknown by calculation . It can also be known when they will happen again for a thousand years to come , or to any other portion of time . As , therefore , man could not be able to do ...
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... happened it that he did not discover America ; or is it only with kingdoms that his sooty highness has any interest ? I have too much respect for the moral character of Christ , to believe that he told this whale of a miracle himself ...
... happened it that he did not discover America ; or is it only with kingdoms that his sooty highness has any interest ? I have too much respect for the moral character of Christ , to believe that he told this whale of a miracle himself ...
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Thomas Paine. of times to come ; and if he happened , in shooting with a long bow of a thousand years , to strike ... happening , nobody could again know whether he foreknew it , or guessed at it , or whether it was accidental . A pro ...
Thomas Paine. of times to come ; and if he happened , in shooting with a long bow of a thousand years , to strike ... happening , nobody could again know whether he foreknew it , or guessed at it , or whether it was accidental . A pro ...
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Page 171 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 236 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Page 169 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 171 - And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Page 236 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be...
Page 258 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge — There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world In them hath he set a chamber for the Sun.
Page 92 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Page 222 - But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying : — " Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 135 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Page 225 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.