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third Eafter : he then inftituted the Holy Sup- 

 per , was taken into cullody by the Jews, was 

 crucified, buried, ddcended into Hell, role again, 

 appeared to his dilciples, afcended into Heaven, 

 and frated himltlf on the right-hand of God the 

 ,cr. 



II. They, who would make a regular courfe in 

 the hiitory of the church, fhould begin, there- 

 fore, by Undying the life of Jefus Chrift, as it is 

 contained in the four evangelifts, Matthew, 

 Marl;, 1 ,uk;-, and John, and in the Acts of the 

 Apoftles, and no where e'fe. The cotemporary 

 hiftorians make no mention of him : all the tra- 

 ditions that are related arc mere fabks, without 

 the leaiT . e of truth ; and 

 we mull regard thei; -y man of icnle re- 

 gards the portrait of our Saviour that is laid to 

 have been painted by M. 1 uke, who ws a phy- 

 fician , or thofc relicks of Chriit, and o> 



crofs, of which there are many cart-ioads in the 

 world ; as it would be very eaty to make appa- 

 rent, did the bounds of this work admit. For 

 the reft, each word that our Saviour pronounced, 

 each ac~t, each miracle that he performed, is a 

 monument of his divine vocation, and which 

 v C liriil: ; it to know and revere. 



III. After the of Chrift, his apoftles 

 continued to preach his doctrine, and c 



it, by d; , over all the then known w 



Theie tu jftles were called : i. A'tcr, 



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