Controversial Tracts on Christianity and MohammedanismJ. Smith, 1824 - 584 pages |
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... considered as be- nefactors to mankind , and the best ornaments of the ages in which they lived . Another consi- deration , and one which has the greatest weight with me is , a belief that no book , with which I am acquainted , stands ...
... considered as be- nefactors to mankind , and the best ornaments of the ages in which they lived . Another consi- deration , and one which has the greatest weight with me is , a belief that no book , with which I am acquainted , stands ...
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... considered as true . Section II . Proving the existence of a first Cause - and that man has the power to do either good or evil , with respect to the service of his Maker . Section III . On the origin and immortality of the human soul ...
... considered as true . Section II . Proving the existence of a first Cause - and that man has the power to do either good or evil , with respect to the service of his Maker . Section III . On the origin and immortality of the human soul ...
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... by whose instrumentality God appointed the Gospels to be made known , but , that they ought not to be considered as the authors of the precepts themselves , We answer : We must then consider their f2 PREFACE . lxxxiii.
... by whose instrumentality God appointed the Gospels to be made known , but , that they ought not to be considered as the authors of the precepts themselves , We answer : We must then consider their f2 PREFACE . lxxxiii.
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... considered as authors of the precepts of religion : Your Gospels are , con- sequently , mere corruptions ; otherwise , it must be allowable to take bribes , and to betray Christ to his enemies the Jews ; because these disciples are to ...
... considered as authors of the precepts of religion : Your Gospels are , con- sequently , mere corruptions ; otherwise , it must be allowable to take bribes , and to betray Christ to his enemies the Jews ; because these disciples are to ...
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... considered as a substitute for a more extensive one . NOTICE OF OTHER WORKS ON THE GENERAL CONTROVERSY . It would be difficult to say how many books have been written by the Mohammedans on this subject . In Marracci's refutations of the ...
... considered as a substitute for a more extensive one . NOTICE OF OTHER WORKS ON THE GENERAL CONTROVERSY . It would be difficult to say how many books have been written by the Mohammedans on this subject . In Marracci's refutations of the ...
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Page 559 - And why take ye thought for raiment. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 559 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 562 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 105 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 521 - LORD ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen : let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them ; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 522 - And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God...
Page 261 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee ; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Page 561 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 538 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 527 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.