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CONTENTS.
PREPARATORY CONSIDERATIONS.
Of the antecedent credibility of miracles
PART I.
OF THE DIRECT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF
CHRISTIANITY, AND WHEREIN IT IS DIS-
TINGUISHED FROM THE EVIDENCE ALLEGED
FOR OTHER MIRACLES.
PROPOSITION I.
That there is satisfactory evidence that many, professing
to be original witnesses of the Christian miracles, passed
their lives in labors, dangers, and sufferings, voluntarily
undergone in attestation of the accounts which they de-
livered, and solely in consequence of their belief of such
accounts; and that they also submitted, from the same
motives, to new rules of conduct
CHAP. I. Evidence of the sufferings of the first propaga-
tors of Christianity, from the nature of the
case
II. Evidence of the sufferings of the first propaga-
tors of Christianity, from profane testi-
mony
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CHAP. III. Indirect evidence of the sufferings of the first
propagators of Christianity, from the Scrip-
tures and other ancient Christian writings.
IV. Direct evidence of the sufferings of the first
tures and other ancient Christian writings
V. Observations on the preceding evidence
VI. That the story, for which the first propaga-
tors of Christianity suffered, was miracu-
lous
VII. That it was, in the main, the story which we
have now, proved by indirect considera-
tions
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VIII. That it was, in the main, the story which we
have now, proved from the authority of
our historical Scriptures
IX. On the authenticity of the Scriptures
SECT. I. Quotations of the historical Scrip-
tures by ancient Christian writers
II. Of the peculiar respect with which
the Scriptures were quoted by
ancient Christian writers
III. The Scriptures were in very early
times collected into a distinct
volume
IV. The Scriptures were distinguished
by appropriate names and titles
of respect
v. The Scriptures were publicly read
and expounded in the religious
assemblies of the early Chris-
tians
VI. Commentaries were anciently writ-
ten on the Scriptures, and ver-
sions made of them into different
languages
vii. Our Scriptures were received by
ancient Christians of different
sects and persuasions
SECT. VIII. The four Gospels, the Acts, thir-
teen Epistles of Paul, the first of
John, and the first of Peter were
received without doubt by those,
who doubted concerning the other
books included in our present
XI. The above propositions cannot be
predicated of those books, com-
monly called Apocryphal Books
of the New Testament
CHAP. X. Recapitulation of the preceding arguments
PROPOSITION II.
There is not satisfactory evidence, that persons professing
to be original witnesses of other miracles, in their nature
as certain as these are, have passed their lives in dan-
gers and difficulties, voluntarily undergone in attestation
of the accounts which they delivered, and solely in con-
sequence of their belief in such accounts.
CHAP. I. Consideration of the question generally
II. Consideration of some specific instances
PART II.
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III. The candor of the writers of the New Testament
IV. Identity of Christ's character
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CHAP. V. Originality of our Saviour's character
VI. Conformity of the facts occasionally mentioned
or referred to in the New Testament with the
state of things in those times, as represented
by foreign and independent accounts
VII. Undesigned coincidences
VIII. The history of the resurrection
IX. SECT. 1. The propagation of Christianity
II. Reflections on the preceding account
III. Of the religion of Mahomet
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PART III.
A BRIEF CONSIDERATION OF SOME POPULAR
OBJECTIONS.
CHAP. I. The discrepancies between the several Gospels
II. Erroneous opinions imputed to the apostles
III. The connexion of Christianity with the Jewish
history
IV. Rejection of Christianity
V. That the Christian miracles are not recited, or
appealed to, by early Christian writers them-
selves, so fully or frequently as might have
VI. Want of universality in the knowlege and re-
ception of Christianity, and of greater clear-
ness in the evidence
VII. The supposed effects of Christianity
VIII. Conclusion.
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