The Pillars of Priestcraft and Orthodoxy Shaken ...Mr. Cadell, Mr. Kearsley, 1768 - Church and state |
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... must be the blindeft , the most infenfible , the most stu- pid and infatuated of all people . Of late years religious knowledge hath greatly encreased in this nation , and the nature and defign of christianity are now better understood ...
... must be the blindeft , the most infenfible , the most stu- pid and infatuated of all people . Of late years religious knowledge hath greatly encreased in this nation , and the nature and defign of christianity are now better understood ...
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... must firft for- feit both our fenfes , and our reafon , before we can fuffer any delufion to pass upon us in these common occurrences . There are in- B 2 deed 1 deed fome truths which are equally certain with these more.
... must firft for- feit both our fenfes , and our reafon , before we can fuffer any delufion to pass upon us in these common occurrences . There are in- B 2 deed 1 deed fome truths which are equally certain with these more.
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... he comes from God , must have fome evident proof of his divine miffion : fince no man is obliged to believe him meerly upon his own testimony . B 4 teftimony . For this would make way for a perpetual and ORTHODOXY fhaken . 7.
... he comes from God , must have fome evident proof of his divine miffion : fince no man is obliged to believe him meerly upon his own testimony . B 4 teftimony . For this would make way for a perpetual and ORTHODOXY fhaken . 7.
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... must we never be bleffed with one for the converfion of multitudes in Britain ? This gives good grounds to believe their whole account to be a forgery , a bold impo- fition of a cunning imperious priesthood , work- ing upon the ...
... must we never be bleffed with one for the converfion of multitudes in Britain ? This gives good grounds to believe their whole account to be a forgery , a bold impo- fition of a cunning imperious priesthood , work- ing upon the ...
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... must be fomething to be got by fpiritual legerdemain , or the actors would ne- ver be at the pains of fhewing fo often . The defign then of this continual fcene of mira cles , is no other than intereft , which is of two kinds ; first ...
... must be fomething to be got by fpiritual legerdemain , or the actors would ne- ver be at the pains of fhewing fo often . The defign then of this continual fcene of mira cles , is no other than intereft , which is of two kinds ; first ...
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