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Page 101
... paganism you have it on a coin of Tiberius . It ftands between two other en- figns , and is the mark of a Roman colony where the medal was ftamped . By the way you must observe , that where - ever the Ro- mans fixed their standards they ...
... paganism you have it on a coin of Tiberius . It ftands between two other en- figns , and is the mark of a Roman colony where the medal was ftamped . By the way you must observe , that where - ever the Ro- mans fixed their standards they ...
Page 174
... paganism and chriftianity . Had the old Romans been guilty of the fame extravagance , there would have been fo great a confusion in their antiquities , that their coins would not have had half the ufes we now find in them . We ought to ...
... paganism and chriftianity . Had the old Romans been guilty of the fame extravagance , there would have been fo great a confusion in their antiquities , that their coins would not have had half the ufes we now find in them . We ought to ...
Page 176
... pagan in their coins ; nor is there a lefs confufion in their customs . For example , what relation is there between the figure of a bull , and the planting of a French colony in America ? The Romans made ufe of this type in allufion to ...
... pagan in their coins ; nor is there a lefs confufion in their customs . For example , what relation is there between the figure of a bull , and the planting of a French colony in America ? The Romans made ufe of this type in allufion to ...
Page 295
... Pagan and Jewish authors , who mention particulars relating to our Saviour . II . Not probable that any fuch should be men- tioned by Pagan writers who lived at the fame time , from the nature of fuch tranf- actions . III . Efpecially ...
... Pagan and Jewish authors , who mention particulars relating to our Saviour . II . Not probable that any fuch should be men- tioned by Pagan writers who lived at the fame time , from the nature of fuch tranf- actions . III . Efpecially ...
Page 296
... Pagan authors , as have given their teftimony to the history of our Saviour ; reduce these authors under the refpective claffes , and fhew what authority their teftimonies carry with them . Secondly , I fhall take notice of Jewish au ...
... Pagan authors , as have given their teftimony to the history of our Saviour ; reduce these authors under the refpective claffes , and fhew what authority their teftimonies carry with them . Secondly , I fhall take notice of Jewish au ...
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Ægyptus againſt ancient Apoſtles becauſe Befides chriftians Claud Claudian confefs confideration Creech cuſtoms dæmons defcription defign Difciples Dryden Emperor enemy fame fancy fatire fays Cynthio fays Eugenius fays Philander fecond feen fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fide figure fince firft firſt fome France French ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe greateſt hand hath heathen himſelf hiſtory honour infcription Irenæus itſelf Judæa King laft laſt learned lived loft mentioned miracles modern medals moſt muſt myſelf obferve occafion old coins Ovid paffage Pagan Parthia peace perfons philofophers pleaſe poets prefent preſerved publiſhed raiſed reaſon religion reprefented rifing Roman Rome S. C. Reverſe Saviour Saviour's hiftory ſee ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſhows Silius Italicus Spanish monarchy ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill Tertullian thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Trajan uſe veftes verfe Virg Virgil