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Show permanent N ature, and might bear being_ reexamined ; that publick T eftimony was gtven by Heaven itfclf in F avour of the Apoftles, by feveral amazing Prodigies at once, in the Sight of a Multitude, who, to the Aftonilhment and ConviCl:ion of three thoufand People in one Day, heard them fpeak in a variety of Languages they had never learned •; that this Religion, levelled direCl:ly againft the favourite Vices and Inclinations of Men, fiript of all outward Pomp or Shew for catching the Admiration of the M ultitude, was fpread through the whole World by a few mean illiterate Perfons ; that it was attefted by thoufands of Martyrs; and that its Dotl:rines and Laws produced a greater EffeCl: upon the Lives and Manners of Mankind, than the Works of all the heathen Philofophers put together', and that it was eftablilhed in fpite of Perfecut ion, without Affiftance from fecular Power ' ; that Jefus Chrifi foretold his own D eath and RefurreCl:ion ', the univerfal fpreading of his Religion u, the Perfecut ion of his Followers", the DcftruCl:ion of Jerufalnn, and the Captivity and Dilpedion of the Jews I> a!! which came to pafs accordingly: If thefe FaCl:s be all certain and indifputable, what more convincing Proof can be delircd of Jefus Chrift's • A8s ii. 44· 'A8s ii. 4•-·-47· iv. 4· 34· v . I Z---14. JX. 3' · xvii. 10. 12. xix. 18. zo, &c. See a!fo ":'hat is faid oh this Subjea, page .p. • Afls, lbtd. &c. t l'v!auh. xvi. 2 1 . xvH. rz. xx. tS. xxvi. 24, &c. • Matth. xxiv. Mark xiii. 10. xiv. g, &c. "' Mattb. v. 11. x. J7---36. xvi. 24, xxiv. g, &c. x Matth. xxiii. 37~ 38. xxiv. 2. •s·--2J. 28. 39---4 t . Lukexix •• p. x.u. zo. being being truly what he declares himfelf, the Saviour of the W orld, and the only full Difcoverer of the Will of God to Mankind. What is wanting in this lhort and imperfetl Sketch of fome of the Evidences of Chrifiianity, may be abundantly fupplied by your careful Perufa! of a few of the befi Books on the SubjeCl:, as Grotius on the 'Truth of tbe Cbrijlia11 R eligion, and D1·. Clarke's Evidenm of •·e·vealed Religion, in his Book on the Being and Attributes of God, in which !aft mafierly Work there is a brief View of Prophecy and its Completion, which I would recommend to your careful Pcrufal, as it will prove an Entertainment equally delightful and improving to you, and will confirm yo~t moft effeClually in the Belief of Revelation, a• you will there fcc, that Holy Scripture was moil: certainly given by Infpiration of One, who .forcknew wha t was to happen in the mofi diftant Ages to come ; the Completion of innumerable PrediCl:ions being clearly and unanfwerably lhewn by the hiftorical Records of fucceed ing Times, and thofe, which are not yet fulfilled, being evidently in a fair Way toward their Completion. Thus great, thus comprehenftve, and thus worthy of God, is that glorious R evelation, with whofe heavenly L ight this World is bleft. And, if it be certain, that there are no fwch fubl ime or fuch conliftent Notions of the Supreme Being, no fuch juft N otions of our own Nature, no fuch clear Views of our D uty and Way to Happinefs, to be found any where elfe, nor fuch a perfeCl: Syftem of Morality, nor fuch a Set of illuftrious Examples of true Heroifm, nor fuch Views of the direful Confequences of Vice, nor F fuch |