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244 Summary of the Evidences of Revealed Religion .
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of a certainty of the fact could induce him so positively to declare it to the world ? Prom what iSad happened , had he not t ) een endued with supernatural knowledge , he might undoubtedly have more naturally expected , that the like would come to pass again . People do not generally conclude from seeing an earthquake , an inundation , or any other extraordinary phenomenon , that they 'will never be spectators of the like again , but are always appre
hensive upon the least commotion , lest the same should be returning upon them . As little reason had Moses , without an infallible certainty , without a divine testimony , to assert so confidently that there would never be another deluge . He had rather cause to suppose the probability , or at least the possibility of it .
Once more , how very remarkable , in like manner , are some particulars relating to the call of Abraham ? What made him imagine , when he was an . old man , that he should have a numerous offspring ?—that in 250 years after they should pass into Egypt- —that they should be there a considerable time miserably oppressed and afflicted—that in 430 years they should be delivered from this state of bondage , possess a rich and fertile
country , and become a mighty nation—and that from him should spring a branch , in whom all the families of the earth might be blessed ? There is no other way of solving the difficulty , thaa by acki * owledging that the same power , who so regularly conducted that numerous train of events , in their exact order , time ,
and place , at first proclaimed them to the father of the faithful . The same Being , who revived the languishing hopes of men , by directing them to look forward to the seed of the wORjan , the offspiing of Jesse as their Redeemer , in the fulness of time sent this glorious personage into our world . The sun of
righteousness arose with healing in his wings , according to the divine council , published the great salvation , and brought forth judgment to the gentiles . All things predicted of him in thaOJd Testament were exactly accomplished . He himself , in proof of his divine commission predicted future events , and wrought the mo 9 t amazing miracles * He healed the most inveterate disorders by a word . or touch J He n $# de the blind to see , the dumb to sneaju
restored the withered ljinbs , cast out all unclean spirits , and raised the dead to life I lie foretold the destruction of the JewJ&h nation ^ and their dispersion over the face of the whole earth . After his ascension into heaven , also , he bore / testimony to his disciples and followers , whow he appointed to preach his name in all nations , by sending them the comforter , the spirit of truth ,
according to his promise , to assist them in their ministry , to support them under afflictions , to direct them in their doctrines , an 4 to enable them tp prove the truth and importance of what ihey / taught by many signs and * wonders . The prison doors Hew open fyefpre them . They cured all manner of disease * , and r&isptfc £ h #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/20/
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