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The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and ... - Page 251
by Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740
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The rule of faith, a sermon. [With] Appendix, containing an examination of ...

Henry Edward Manning (card, abp. of Westminster.) - 1838 - 212 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge whether it were to have been expected that the revelation should have been committed to writing, or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted by verbal tradition, and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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The whole works of Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge, whether it were to have been expected that the revelation should have been committed to writing ; or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition; and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler: To which is ...

Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Theology - 1838 - 632 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge, whether it were to have been expected, that the revelation should have been committed to writing ; or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition, and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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Remains of the Late Reverend Richard Hurrell Froude, Volume 3

Richard Hurrell Froude - Theology - 1839 - 460 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge whether it were to have been expected that the revelation should have been committed to writing, or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition." Dr. Arnold on the other hand expects all men to agree...
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The Christian beacon, ed. by C.B. Tayler, Volume 2

Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1840 - 398 pages
...with equal clearness and conviction, at the same period, or successively ; or even, whether it should have been committed to writing, or left to be handed down ( and, consequently, corrupted) by P. I own then that, with respect to the general system of Christianity,...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1841 - 844 pages
...says he, "in any sort able to judge whether it were to have been expected that a Revelation should have been committed to writing, or left to be handed down, and CONSEQUENTLY corrvpted hi/ rerhol tradition, and at length sunk ninler it,'' &c. And again : "But it...
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The Analogy of Religion: Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and ...

Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1843 - 358 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge, whether it were to have been expected, that the revelation should have been committed to writing ; or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition, and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler, D.C ..., Volume 1

Joseph Butler, Samuel Halifax - Sermons, English - 1844 - 414 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge, whether it were to have been expected, that the revelation should have been committed to writing ; or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition, and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

John Henry Newman - History - 1845 - 480 pages
...because " we are not in any sort able to judge whether it were to be expected that the revelation should have been committed to writing, or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted, by verbal tradition and at length sunk under it."1 But this reasoning does...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 13

Christianity - 1847 - 566 pages
...are not in any sort able to judge, whether it were to have been expected, that the revelation should have been committed to writing; or left to be handed down, and consequently corrupted by verbal tradition, and at length sunk under it, if mankind so pleased, and...
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