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Doubts concerning some books a proof of care
in settling the Canon
Formation of the Canon of the New Testament
Method of quotation
Writers to Cyprian
The divine authority of Scripture uniformly ac-
knowledged
Origen
Tertullian
Titles of respect given to the Scriptures
Irenæus
Justin Martyr
The Apostolic Fathers
Ancient Versions
Divine authority claimed by and ascribed to our
writers
Not due to any others
Authenticity of Vedas, &c. not established.
Uncorrupted preservation of the New Testament.
91
92-95
95, 96
96
97
98
99
.100-102
.102-107
. 107-109
SEC. III. Corroborating Testimony. pp. 117–146.
Ammianus Marcellinus: Libanius: Spanish
Aurelian: Dion Cassius: Ulpian: Galen:
Aurelius Antoninus: Epictetus
Pliny
Suetonius: Martial and Juvenal.
Tacitus
The Acts of Pilate
Remarks.
Josephus.
The language of the New Testament
Hebraisms
Latinisms
Recapitulation.
. 137-140
141-143
144
144, 146
CHAPTER V.
THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN STORY. pp. 147-253.
Opening remarks
The Christian Scriptures must be received or re-
jected entire
Presumption of Truth that there is no other story
There is direct external testimony to the leading
facts
Further division of the argum
149, 150
151
153
SEC. 1. External Coincidences. pp. 154-171.
Nature of the coincidences to be examined
Circumstantiality a mark of truth
Contemporary accounts of Jewish affairs
The family of the Herods
St. Paul's rebuke of Ananias
The husband of Herodias: Caiaphas
Privileges of a Roman Citizen
The altar to the unknown God
Coins and Inscriptions
Remarks
+ Omissions and Discrepancies
SEC. II. Internal Coincidences. pp.
Diversity of style in the New Testament
171-215.
Sources of information possessed by the Christi-
an writers
Their independence
Apparent discrepancies
. 171-173
.173-176
. 177-179
.180-184
Undesigned coincidences between the Gospels. 184, 185
Cumulative evidence of the writers of the New
Testament
Coincidences between St. Paul's Epistles and the
Acts of the Apostles
+ Contrast of the books of Scripture with the
religious writings of the Hindus, Parsees and
Mahometans,
. 185-187
188-194
195-215
as to:- external and internal coincidences. 195-202
+ the truths of natural philosophy . 202-215
SEC. 111. The circumstances of the authors of our books,
and of the promulgation of their story, a Proof of
Truth. PP. 215-253.
Miraculous nature of the Christian Story
216
Its witnesses competent to judge of its miracles 217, 218
Their honesty
1
2.
They openly appealed to their miracles
The publicity of their accounts
The opposition of the Jewish nation arising
from
their having crucified Jesus
the disappointment of their expecta-
tions of a Messiah.
the alterations in the Mosaic code
the admission of the Gentiles
the announcement of the destruction of
219-251
220
221
222-234
222, 223
. 224-226
226-228
229, 230
230-234
234-236
The contrariety of the morality of the Gospel
to the natural inclinations of the flesh. 237-239
The personal disinterestedness of the Apos-
tles
as to:-wealth
240-251
240
.241-245
.246-251
.251-253
PART. II.
THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES CONTAIN INDUBITABLE PROOFS
THAT THEY ARE A REVELATION FROM GOD. pp. 254-424
CHAPTER I.
ON MIRACLES. pp. 255-334.
+ SEC. 1. Miracles appropriate Credentials of a Reve-
lation. pp. 255-280.
The constancy of the laws of nature:
255, 256
This not a self-evident--but an experimental truth 257-259
The laws themselves are contingent and arbitrary 260–262
Importance of this consideration
. 262-265
Design proves a designer, and skill in the struc-
ture of the creation shows the work of a Creator 265, 266
Interruption of natural laws an appropriate me-
thod of authenticating a revelation, worthy of
God and suitable to men
The Evidence of testimony sufficient to prove
of Christianity
Most other miracles removed from competition
by want of evidence
.267-272
272-277
277
.277-280
SEC. 11. The Criterion of miracles. pp. 281-315.
A miracle must be unequivocal; and not an ap-
pearance which it is possible to account for;
by legerdemain
by a skilful use of the less familiar laws of
nature
It must be for a definite object
And associated with the person of the teacher
281
282
.282-287
287-297
298, 299
whose doctrine it confirms
The effect must follow immediately
The miracles ascribed to Vespasian by Tacitus 308-309
The Resurrection of Jesus
310
.311-316
† SEC. III. Connection between the miracles and the truth
of the Doctrine. pp. 315-334
Not an evil power because the doctrine is pure.
Objections to the morality of Scripture brief-
ly considered
Supernatural events brought about by some su-
perior power
317
318
.318-320
320
321
322
Proof of its purity
No evil power superior to the author of our Scrip-
tures
No certainty of truth in words ascribed to any evil
being
Miracles and purity of doctrine must be combined 323-325
Illustrations
.325-328
Natural conscience the judge of good and evil. 328, 329
Revelation, not opinion, our guide in questions of
331-334
It is authenticated by quotations in the New
Has been in the custody of both Jews and Chris-
tians
.343-346
.346-347
External evidence of its antiquity and inspiration
in Christian, Jewish, and heathen writers
347, 348