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But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? during the age of christ, of his apostles, and their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. the lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, daemons were expelled, and the laws of nature were frequently suspended for the benefit of the church.

-Edward Gibbon

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But How Shall We Excuse The Supine

Edward Gibbon

But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? during the age of christ, of his apostles, and their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. the lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, daemons were expelled, and the laws of nature were frequently suspended for the benefit of the church.

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