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SECT.
XVIII. The Objection of Miracles not being
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seen now, answered
XIX. And of there being so much Wickedness
XX. And that so great, as to oppress good Men
XXI. This may be turned upon them, so as to
prove that Souls survive Bodies.
XXII. Which is confirmed by Tradition..... ibid.
XXIII. And no Way repugnant to Reason ..
XXIV. But many Things favour it..
XXV. From whence it follows, that the End
of Man is Happiness after this Life..
XXVI. Which we may secure, by finding out
the true Religion..
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ibid.
BOOK II.
I. That the Christian Religion is true.......
II. The Proof that there was such a Person as
Jesus.
That he died an ignominious Death.
III. And yet after his Death was worshipped
by wise Men....
IV. The Cause of which could be no other, but
those Miracles which were done by him....
V. Which Miracles cannot be ascribed to any
natural or diabolical Power, but must be
from God
VI. The Resurrection of Christ proved from
credible Testimony..
VII. The Objection drawn from the seeming
Impossibility of a Resurrection answered.
The Truth of Jesus's Doctrine proved
from his Resurrection
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VIII. That the Christian Religion exceeds all
others.
.. ibid.
IX. The Excellency of the Rewards proposed.. 101
X. A Solution of the Objection, taken from
hence, that the Bodies after their Dissolution
cannot be restored.
XI. The exceeding Purity of its Precepts, with
respect to the Worship of God
XII. Concerning those Duties of Humanity,
which we owe to our Neighbour, though he
has injured us.
XIII. About the Conjunction of Male and
Female...
XIV. About the Use of temporal Goods....
XV. Concerning Oaths.
XVI. Concerning other Actions
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XVII. An Answer to the Objection, drawn
from the many Controversies among Christians 125
XVIII. The Excellency of the Christian Reli-
gion, further proved from the Excellency of
its Teacher..
From the wonderful Propagation of this
Religion.
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Considering the Weakness and Simplicity
of those who taught it in the first Age.... 135
XIX. And the great Impediments that hindered
Men from embracing it, or deterred them
from professing it
An Answer to those who require more
and stronger Arguments...
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BOOK III.
I. Of the Authority of the Books of the New
II. The Books that have any Names affixed to
them, were written by those Persons whose
Names they bear..
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III. The
III. The Doubt of those Books, that were for-
merly doubtful, taken away.
IV. The Authority of those Books which have
no Name to them, evident from the Nature
of the Writings....
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V. That these Authors wrote what was true,
because they knew the Things they wrote about 146
VI. And because they would not say what was
false....
VII. The Credibility of these Writers further
confirmed, from their being famous for
Miracles.
VIII. And of their Writings; because in them
are contained many Things, which the Event
proved to be divinely revealed..
IX. And also from the Care that it was fit
God should take, that false Writings should
not be forged.
X. A Solution of that Objection, that many
Books were rejected by some.
XI. An Answer to the Objection of some
Things being contained in those Books, that
are impossible
XII. Or disagreeable to Reason..
XIII. An Answer to this Objection, that some
Things are contained in those Books which
are inconsistent with one another.
XIV. An Answer to the Objection from exter-
nal Testimonies: Where it is shewn they
make more for these Books..
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XV. An Answer to the Objection of the Scrip-
tures being altered.
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XVI. The Authority of the Books of the Old
Testament..
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BOOK
BOOK IV.
I. A particular Confutation of the Religions
that differ from Christianity.
II. And first of Paganism. That there is but
one God. That created Beings are either
good or bad. That the good are not to be
worshipped without the Command of the Su-
preme God.
III. A Proof that evil Spirits were worshipped
by the Heathen, and the Unworthiness of it
shewn...
IV. Against the Heathen Worship paid to de-
parted Men...
V. Against the Worship given to the Stars and
Elements.
VI. Against the Worship given to Brute
Creatures.
VII. Against the Worship given to those Things
that have no real Existence..
VIII. An Answer to the Objection of the
Heathens, taken from the Miracles done
amongst them
IX. And from Oracles
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X. The Heathen Religion rejected, because it
failed of its own Accord, as soon as human
Assistance was wanting.
XI. An Answer to this, that the Rise and De-
cay of Religion is owing to the Stars.....
XII. The principal Things of the Christian
Religion were approved of by the wisest
Heathens; and if there be any Thing in it
hard to be believed, the like is to be found
amongst the Heathens
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BOOK V.
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I. A Confutation of Judaism, beginning with
an Address to the Jews...
II. That the Jews ought to look upon the Mira-
cles of Christ as sufficiently attested......
... 209
III. An Answer to the Objection, that those
Miracles were done by the Help of Devils... 210
IV. Or by the Power of Words.
V. That the Miracles of Jesus were divine,
proved from hence, because he taught the
Worship of one God, the Maker of the World ibid.
VI. An Answer to the Objection, drawn from
the Difference betwixt the Law of Moses,
and the Law of Christ; whence it is shewn,
that there might be given a more perfect Law
than that of Moses
VII. The Law of Moses was observed by
Jesus when on Earth, neither was any Part
of it abolished afterwards, but only those Pre-
cepts which had no intrinsic Goodness in them 216
VIII. As Sacrifices, which were never accept-
able to God upon their own Account.
IX. And the Difference of Meats..
X. And of Days..
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XI. And external Circumcision of the Flesh.. 232
XII. And yet the Apostles of Jesus easily al-
lowed of those Things..
XIII. A Proof against the Jews, taken from
their own Confession of the extraordinary
Promise of the Messiah.
XIV. That he is already come, appears from
the Time foretold...
XV. (With an Answer to what is alledged,
that his Coming was deferred upon the Ac-
count of the Sins of the People).
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XVI. Also