The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 591
... Jews . If a Jew had forged any book of the Old Testament , he must have been impelled to so bold and dangerous an enterprise by some very powerful motive . It could not be national pride ; for there is scarcely one of these books which ...
... Jews . If a Jew had forged any book of the Old Testament , he must have been impelled to so bold and dangerous an enterprise by some very powerful motive . It could not be national pride ; for there is scarcely one of these books which ...
Page 592
... Jews then had two opposite characters at different periods of their history . At first they were addicted to idolatry ; after- wards they acquired a strong antipathy against it . Had any books of the Old Testament been forged before the ...
... Jews then had two opposite characters at different periods of their history . At first they were addicted to idolatry ; after- wards they acquired a strong antipathy against it . Had any books of the Old Testament been forged before the ...
Page 593
... Jews and Christians . Had the Jews attempted to make any alterations , the Christians would have de- tected and exposed them ; nor would the Jews have been less severe against the Christians , if they had corrupted the sacred text . But ...
... Jews and Christians . Had the Jews attempted to make any alterations , the Christians would have de- tected and exposed them ; nor would the Jews have been less severe against the Christians , if they had corrupted the sacred text . But ...
Page 595
... Jewish Scrip- tures ; a declaration which deserves attention on the score of the general veracity by which we have already shown their assertions are always marked . Still , as a like claim is made by writers who , it has been ...
... Jewish Scrip- tures ; a declaration which deserves attention on the score of the general veracity by which we have already shown their assertions are always marked . Still , as a like claim is made by writers who , it has been ...
Page 597
... Jews always allowed that the testimony of an ap- proved prophet was sufficient to confirm the mission of one who was supported by it , ' so I think every reasonable man will readily conclude that no inspired person can erroneously ...
... Jews always allowed that the testimony of an ap- proved prophet was sufficient to confirm the mission of one who was supported by it , ' so I think every reasonable man will readily conclude that no inspired person can erroneously ...
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Page 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 743 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Page 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.