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(3.) By the mixture of Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Latin
words and idioms with the Greek of the New Testa-
ment 3. From the moral impossibility of their being forgeries
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CHAPTER II. The uncorrupted Preservation of the sacred Scrip-
tures shewn
1. Relative to the Old Testament:
(1.) From the long preservation of the originals, the multiplica-
tion of copies, and the extraordinary care taken by the
Jews
(2.) From the substantial agreement of all the versions and
manuscripts
2. With regard to the New Te
(1.) From the multiplication of copies of the originals, and trans-
lations, &c.
(2.) From the agreement of all the manuscripts examined
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CHAPTER III. The Authenticity, or truth of the sacred Scriptures
proved
1. From the impossibility of the sacred writers themselves being
deceived, being either eye-witnesses of the facts recorded,
or deriving their information from the best sources
2. Because the sacred writers neither would nor could deceive others
§ 1. They could not deceive others, for the facts were of such a
nature as totally precluded imposition, such as
The rivers of Egypt being turned into blood
The plague of frogs
The plague of lice
The plague of flies
The murrain of beasts
The plague of boils and blains
The plague of hail
The plague of locusts
The plague of palpable darkness
The death of the first born
The miraculous passage of the Red Sea
The pillar of cloud conducting the Israelites
The miraculous supply of quails
The miraculous gift of manna
The miraculous supply of water from the rock of Horeb
The destruction of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, &c.
The resurrection of our Lord
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which is shewn
By their strict impartiality
From their having nothing to gain by the imposture, but
on the contrary, especially those of the New Testament,
bringing upon themselves the most dreadful evils and
most cruel deaths
3. From the multitude of minutely particular circumstances of
time, place, person, &c. mentioned in the books of the Old
and New Testament
This shewn from the contents of
The book of Genesis
The book of Exodus
The book of Leviticus
The book of Numbers
The book of Deuteronomy
The book of Joshua
The book of Judges
The book of Ruth
The first book of Samuel
The second book of Samuel
The first book of Kings
The second book of Kings
The first book of Chronicles
The second book of Chronicles
The book of Ezra
The book of Nehemiah
The book of Esther
The book of Job
The book of Psalms
The book of Proverbs
The book of Ecclesiastes
The book of the Song of Solomon
The prophecies of Isaiah
The prophecies of Jeremiah
The prophecies of Ezekiel
The prophecies of Daniel
The prophecies of Hosea
The prophecies of Joel
The prophecies of Amos
The prophecies of Obadiah
The prophecies of Jonah
The prophecies of Micah
The prophecies of Nahum
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The prophecies of Habakkuk
The prophecies of Zephaniah
The prophecies of Haggai
The prophecies of Zechariah
The prophecies of Malachi
The gospel of Matthew
The gospel of Mark
The gospel of Luke
The gospel of John
The Acts of the Apostles
The epistle to the Romans
The first epistle to the Corinthians
The second epistle to the Corinthians
The epistle to the Galatians
The epistle to the Ephesians
The epistle to the Philippians
The epistle to the Colossians
The first epistle to the Thessalonians
The second epistle to the Thessalonians
The first epistle to Timothy
The second epistle to Timothy
The epistle to Titus
The epistle to the Hebrews
The epistle to Philemon
The epistle of James
The first epistle of Peter
The second epistle of Peter
The first epistle of John
The second epistle of John
The third epistle of John .
The epistle of Jude
The book of the Revelation
4. By the principal facts being attested by certain commemorative
ordinances
(1.) Among the Jews, such as,
Circumcision
The Passover
Redemption of the first born
The feast of Tabernacles
The feast of Pentecost
The feast of Purim
Fasts for the destruction of Jerusalena and the temple
(2.) Among Christians,
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The Lord's supper
The Lord's day
5. By the wonderful establishment and propagation of Christianity,
its triumph over the bigotry of the Jews, and the lawlessness
and luxuriousness of the heathen
As exemplified in
The conversion of St. Paul
And the success of Christianity at Corinth
6. By the principal facts revealed in the Scriptures being con-
firmed by the accounts of ancient heathen writers
(1.) The creation of the world out of chaos
(2.) The completion of creation in six days
(3.) The state of innocence
(4.) The fall, and introduction of sin
(5.) The longevity of the Antediluvians
(6.) The deluge
(7.) The circumstance of the ark and dove .
(8.) The tower of Babel
(9.) The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
(10.) Many particulars respecting Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, and
Moses
(11.) The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and their
miraculous passage of the Red sea
(12.) The giving of the law, and divine appearances
(13.) The history of Job
(14.) The history of Jonah
(15.) The fertility of Palestine
(16.) The destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua
(17.) Jephthah's devoting his daughter
(18.) The history of Samson
(19.) The history of Samuel and Saul
(20.) The slaying of Goliath
(21.) Many remarkable circumstances respecting David and
Solomon
(22.) The invasion of Israel by Shalmaneser, and the deporta-
tion of the twelve tribes
(23.) The destruction of Sennacherib's army
(24.) The defeat of Josiah by Pharaoh Necho, &c.
(25.) Herod's murder of the infants at Bethlehem
(26.) Particulars respecting John the Baptist and Herod .
(27.) The life and character of our Lord
(28.) His crucifixion under Pontius Pilate
(29.) The earthquake and miraculous darkness which attended it
(30.) The miserable death of Herod Agrippa
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7. By allusions and references to things, persons, places, manners,
customs, and opinions, &c., perfectly conformable to the
statements of the most authentic records that remain ; such as,
(1.) The origin of the Assyrians, Elamites, Lydians, Medes, &c.
(2.) Shepherds being an abomination to the Egyptians
(3.) The political division of the land of Egypt
(4.) The Egyptian mode of enibalming
(5.) Respecting Gideon being termed Jerubbaal
(6.) The seven counsellors of Persia
(7.) The exclusion of persons from having a personal interview
with the kings of Persia
(8.) The state of Palestine in the time of the New Testament
writers
(9.) The character of the Galileans, and their murder by Pilate
(10.) The character of Herod Antipas
(11.) Of the soldiers under arms at the baptism of John
(12.) Of a sentinel being sent to execute him
(13.) Of the appointment of Ananias to the high-priesthood
8. From the names still borne by places, and traditions respecting
them
(1.) Respecting Midian
(2.) Pi-hahiroth
(3.) The wilderness of Shur
(4.) Elim.
(5.) Mount Sinai
(6.) Mount Hor
(7.) Dibon
(8.) Aroer
(9.) Beth-nimrah, or Nimrim
(10.) Elealah
(11.) Heshbon
(12.) Bashan, and Og the king of it
(13.) Beth-shean
(14.) The valley of Elah
(15.) Bethlehem
(16.) Bethany
(17.) Gethsemane
(18.) Cana of Galilee
(19.) Aceldama
9. By allusions to, or corrupt traditions of, the accounts of the
sacred writers
(1.) The rainbow
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