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Evidences, or of Miall's _Bases of Belief_, or of Dr. Hopkins ', or Dr. Channing's, or Dr. Priestley's _Evidences of Christianity_; but the
Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Joseph Barker 1840
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In it will be included what are commonly called the Evidences; and what is a subject of special interest at this day, the Notes of the
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin John Henry Newman 1845
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"Well, this Faith, acting upon what they call Evidences -- this Faith makes them absolutely certain that there is a God, that He was made man and so on, with the Church and all the rest of it.
Lord of the World Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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In 1786, he published a small treatise, entitled Evidences of the Christian Religion, at the suggestion of Porteus, who was now a bishop; and in 1790 and 1793 two volumes of Elements of Moral Science, containing an abridgment of his public lectures on moral philosophy and logic.
Lives of the English Poets Cary, Henry F 1846
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I am certain that the professor in question might have examined in detail every one of President Porter's "Evidences," and found them wanting, only to discover clearer and stronger grounds of belief elsewhere -- in his mere confidence in others, perhaps.
A Librarian's Open Shelf Arthur E. Bostwick
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Archdeacon Paley's "Evidences" as a cure for atheism.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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We read in the letters of Shelley how his father tormented him with Archdeacon Paley's "Evidences" as a cure for atheism.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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In fact, these very "Evidences" adduced in behalf of the "True Faith," produce all the Doubt with which it is called to contend.
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Gospels, other than the four canonical, are quoted as authentic by the earliest Christian writers, as we shall see in establishing position _h_; thus destroying Paley's contention ( "Evidences," p. 187) that there are no quotations from apocryphal writings in the Apostolical
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Irenæus, as "a hearer of John, and companion of Polycarp" ( "Evidences," p. 121); but Paley omits to tell us that Eusebius points out that
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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