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etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o josephus_n his_o date_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o baptist_n story_n fall_v in_o with_o gospel-chronology_n §_o 5._o the_o story_n of_o herod_n herodias_n aretus_n artabanus_n philip_n lysanias_n in_o josephus_n tacitus_n suetonius_n time_v to_o sacred_a chronology_n §_o 6._o the_o twin-priesthood_n of_o annas_n and_o caiphas_n at_o christ_n baptism_n and_o passion_n clear_v §_o 7._o the_o date_n of_o philip_n the_o tetrarch_n his_o death_n chap._n vi_o the_o date_n of_o christ_n birth_n as_o it_o be_v assert_v by_o the_o church_n maintain_v by_o scripture_n §_o 1._o christ_n homage_v by_o the_o magi_n early_o after_o his_o birth_n §_o 2._o christ_n bear_v and_o baptise_a the_o same_o day_n of_o the_o year_n §_o 3._o god_n will_v have_v the_o church_n observe_v the_o day_n of_o christ_n birth_n the_o priestly_a course_n the_o character_n of_o it_o which_o from_o the_o first_o institution_n by_o solomon_n to_o the_o last_o and_o fatal_a year_n of_o the_o second_o temple_n stand_v be_v never_o interrupt_v §_o 4._o the_o calculation_n of_o these_o course_n lead_v we_o to_o the_o conception_n and_o birth_n of_o the_o baptist_n and_o our_o saviour_n §_o 5._o christ_n baptism_n and_o john_n ministry_n in_o the_o same_o year_n of_o tiberius_n reign_n point_n out_o the_o same_o thing_n objection_n answer_v §_o 6._o the_o tax_n of_o all_o the_o world_n ill-confounded_n with_o that_o of_o syria_n chap._n vii_o josephus_n his_o suffrage_n to_o the_o evangelist_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o their_o history_n of_o christ._n §_o 1._o he_o appropriate_v the_o compellation_n christ_n to_o our_o jesus_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n growth_n in_o a_o gospel-stile_n §_o 2._o describe_v christ_n disciple_n by_o evangelical_n character_n give_v the_o evangelist_n reason_n why_o other_o do_v not_o embrace_v the_o gospel_n §_o 3._o he_o peremptory_o assert_v christ_n miracle_n how_o he_o come_v to_o a_o certain_a information_n thereof_o appion_n and_o justus_n will_v have_v find_v it_o out_o if_o he_o have_v proceed_v here_o upon_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n §_o 4._o he_o describe_v christ_n miracle_n after_o the_o evangelical_n model_n §_o 5._o and_o affirm_v they_o to_o have_v be_v such_o as_o the_o prophet_n have_v foretell_v the_o touchstone_n of_o canonical_a history_n §_o 6._o he_o assert_v christ_n resurrection_n with_o all_o its_o circumstance_n chap._n viii_o josephus_n confirm_v st._n luke_n history_n of_o herod_n agrippa_n §_o 1._o he_o paint_v he_o in_o evangelical_n colour_n as_o the_o jew_n favourite_n as_o a_o prodigal_n as_o much_o in_o the_o tyrian_n debt_n and_o therefore_o displease_v with_o they_o etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o he_o date_n his_o death_n according_a to_o st._n luke_n st._n james_n martyr_a in_o the_o three_o a_o famine_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o in_o judaea_n in_o the_o four_o of_o claudius_n §_o 3._o he_o describe_v his_o death_n after_o st._n luke_n style_n two_o acclamation_n immediate_o 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history_n of_o himself_o §_o 7._o of_o noah_n balaam_n etc._n etc._n avouch_v by_o secular_a writer_n chap._n x._o the_o adversary_n force_v upon_o very_o great_a disadvantage_n to_o their_o own_o cause_n by_o reason_n that_o they_o can_v not_o for_o very_a shame_n resist_v the_o evidence_n bring_v in_o defence_n of_o sacred_a history_n §_o 1._o christ_n accuse_v of_o work_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o devil_n that_o accusation_n withdraw_v in_o open_a court_n and_o this_o plea_n put_v in_o against_o he_o that_o he_o make_v himself_o a_o king_n and_o therefore_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o caesar_n §_o 2._o petty_a exception_n rebound_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o their_o framer_n §_o 3._o the_o modern_a sceptick_n half-reason_n too_o young_a to_o grapple_v with_o old_a prescription_n §_o 4._o christ_n work_n god_n seal_v to_o his_o mission_n §_o 5._o the_o present_a age_n as_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o work_n as_o that_o be_v wherein_o they_o be_v do_v §_o 6._o atheistical_a exception_n against_o particular_a point_n of_o religion_n a_o hydra_n head_n yet_o they_o all_o stand_v upon_o one_o neck_n and_o may_v be_v cut_v off_o at_o one_o blow_n by_o prove_v the_o divine_a original_a of_o religion_n book_n iu._n the_o argument_n 4._o the_o divine_a original_a of_o sacred_a writ_n be_v as_o demonstrable_a as_o the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n from_o the_o infinity_o of_o wisdom_n express_v in_o its_o prophecy_n and_o of_o power_n in_o its_o miracle_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o be_v of_o a_o deity_n demonstrate_v §_o 1._o the_o existence_n of_o a_o deity_n demonstrable_a from_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o world_n the_o composition_n of_o humane_a body_n §_o 2._o the_o garden_n of_o the_o earth_n do_v not_o fall_v by_o chance_n into_o so_o curious_a and_o well_o order_v knot_n the_o ingenuity_n of_o bird_n sing_v the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o maker_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o the_o heaven_n declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n chap._n ii_o the_o author_n of_o christian_a religion_n have_v stamp_v thereon_o no_o less_o manifest_a print_n of_o infinite_a science_n than_o the_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n have_v leave_v upon_o that_o his_o workmanship_n §_o 1._o heathen_a prophecy_n the_o result_n of_o ratiocination_n §_o 2._o from_o general_a hint_n which_o for_o man_n torment_n god_n may_v permit_v the_o devil_n to_o communicate_v §_o 3._o the_o ambiguity_n of_o oracle_n on_o purpose_n to_o hide_v the_o ignorance_n of_o they_o that_o give_v they_o §_o 4._o it_o be_v by_o chance_n they_o speak_v truth_n §_o 5._o scripture-oracle_n distinct_a of_o pure_a contingency_n their_o sense_n plain_a punctual_o fulfil_v chap._n iii_o instance_n of_o prophecy_n fulfil_v who_o effect_n be_v permanent_a and_o obvious_a to_o the_o atheist_n eye_n if_o he_o will_v but_o open_v they_o §_o 1._o prediction_n that_o israel_n will_v reject_v their_o own_o messia_n make_v by_o jew_n confession_n many_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o christ._n §_o 2._o the_o 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the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o who_o he_o make_v the_o world_n to_o be_v in_o the_o order_n and_o degree_n of_o a_o principle_n which_o be_v all_o i_o produce_v it_o for_o in_o this_o section_n but_o my_o general_a position_n lay_v down_o in_o the_o first_o section_n of_o this_o chapter_n that_o what_o the_o gospel_n assert_n in_o thesi_fw-la of_o our_o jesus_n the_o platonic_a school_n assert_v in_o hypothesi_fw-la concern_v he_o that_o be_v to_o relieve_v mankind_n plato_n doctrine_n of_o purgation_n come_v so_o near_o we_o say_v st._n austin_n de_fw-la vera_fw-la religione_fw-la cap._n 4._o as_o many_o platonic_n upon_o that_o account_n turn_v christian_a paucis_fw-la mutatis_fw-la verbis_fw-la &_o sententiis_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la facerent_fw-la nescio_fw-la utrùm_fw-la possent_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la appetenda_fw-la esse_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la istis_fw-la faecibus_fw-la viscóque_fw-la 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the_o god_n of_o philosopher_n as_o they_o style_v he_o deliver_v descend_v from_o his_o or_o their_z supercelestial_a place_n into_o his_o dungeon_n of_o earth_n and_o in_o 〈◊〉_d or_o their_o assume_v body_n or_o body_n endure_v all_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n etc._n etc._n as_o sect._n 3._o cap._n 4._o have_v be_v quote_v out_o of_o which_o sentence_n not_o only_o of_o plato_n but_o of_o all_o that_o exchange_v not_o the_o old_a traditional_a philosophy_n for_o the_o kitching-experiment_n of_o greece_n who_o jamblicus_n compare_v to_o ship_n without_o ballast_n for_o that_o they_o have_v empty_v themselves_o of_o what_o they_o have_v receive_v by_o the_o old_a tradition_n de_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la do_fw-mi de_fw-fr nominibus_fw-la sacris_fw-la we_o have_v be_v all_o this_o while_n bolt_v the_o bran_n of_o their_o conceit_a multiplicity_n of_o god-saviour_n by_o the_o sierce_a of_o their_o more_o sober_a and_o considerate_a doctrine_n pour_v out_o into_o the_o bosom_n of_o 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