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and wherein it is distin£;iiished from 

 the evidence nlleged for other mi- 

 racles Propositions stated, p. 18, ip. 

 prop. I. That there is saiistaclory 

 evidence that many, professing to 

 be original witnesses of the Christian 

 miracles, passed their lives in la- 

 bours, dangers, and sufferings, vo- 

 luntarily undergone in attestation of 

 tlie accounts which they delivered, 

 and solely in consequence of their 

 belief of those accounts ; and that 

 tliey also submitted, from the same 

 motives, to new rules of conduct, 

 p. IS. Chap. I. Evidence of the 

 sufferings of the first propagators of 

 Christianity, from the nature of the 

 case, p. 20. Chap II. Evidence 

 of the sufferings of the first propaga- 

 tors of Christianity, fr ni protane 

 testimony, p. 47- Chap. 111. In- 

 direct evidence of the sufferings of 

 the first propagat<jrs of Christianity, 

 from the Scriptures, and other an- 

 cient Christian writings, p. 62. 

 Chap. IV. Diiect evidence ot the 

 same, p. 75. Chap. V. Observa- 

 tions upon the preceding evidence, 

 p. 110. Chap VI. That the story 

 for which the first propagators of 

 Chris tianitysufibred was miraculous, 

 p. 123. Chap. VJI. That it was 

 in the main the story which we 

 have now proved by indirect con- 

 siderations, p. 133. Chap. VIII. 

 The same proved from the aulh.oritv 

 of our historical Scriptures, p 167. 

 Chap. IX. Of the authenticity of 

 the historical Scriptures, in eleven* 

 sections, p. igs. — § I. Quotations 

 of the historical Scriptures, by an- 

 cient Christian writers, p. 2l6. 

 § 2. Of the peculiar respect with 

 which they were quoted, p. 2/3. 

 § 3. Tlie Scriptures were in very 

 early times collected into a distinct 



volume, p. 283. § 4 And distin- 

 guished by appropriate names, and 

 titles of respect, p. 293. § 5. They 

 were publicly read and expounded 

 in the religious assemblies of the 

 early Christians, p. 299. V 6. Com- 

 mentaries, &c. were anciently writ- 

 ten upon -hem, p. 306. § 7 They 

 were received by ancientChnstians, 

 of different sects and persuasions, 

 p. 819.' 5 8. The four Gospels, the 

 Acts of the Apostles, tbineen Epis- 

 tles of St. Paul, the First hpistle of 

 John, and the First of Peter, were 

 received \vithout doubt by those 

 who doubted concerning the other 

 books of our present canon, p 336. 

 § 9 Our present Gospels were con- 

 sidered, by the early adversaries of 

 Christianity, as containing the ac- 

 counts upon which the religion was 

 counded, . p. 347 § 10. Formal 

 catalogues of authentic Scriptures 

 were published, in all which our 

 present sacred histories were inclu- 

 ded, p. 362. §\\. These proposi- 

 tions cannot be predicated of any of 

 those books which are commonly 

 called Apocryphal Books d the 

 New Testament. — Chap. X. Re- 

 capitulation, p. 380. 



Here concludes the first volume, 

 but not the first part, which, as we 

 shall see, is pursued through some 

 pages of the second. In order to 

 keep the argument together, we 

 shnll proceed to give the contents 

 here tb the end of part I. 



•.Vol. II. Prop. 2. That there 

 is not satisfactor)' evidence that per- 

 sons pretending to be original wit- 

 nesses of any other similar miracles, 

 have acted in the sanie u.auuer, in 

 attestation of the accounts wliioh 

 they delivered,' and solely \u conse- 

 quence of their belief of the trulli 



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