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mspii ^ ew ^^ ukfy oecvtdbmtff be ymper . The letter from me , fiiadly Mserted id the Mon : Re £ os . fofr August , < ip ^ 467 , ) vVill fevrdentiy she w that sfeJnons attempts to discover the real sen ^ e of the fticmii
writings , appear to my ^ ndfeitf tatttKiig worthy of encouragement and applails ^* That letter , howevq-, Mr . Rutt c < f&ld not have seen when the anecdote giving him offence was inserted , and taken in
good part by some amiable females , well assured of the sincere respect entertained for good wives , and many likel y to become such , by their warm admirer , JOSEPH CORNISH .
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Sir , - ¦ :. - . * ¦ . V - ' * - ITjF ^ HE Jife of PeregHittis , by Xucian , JL is a very singular production , and must be deemed * of considerable importance from the account which the author has given of the early Christians : for in this work is laid the foundation of all that has or maybe said
against its divine authority . And as he was a main ^ f great learning , and lived soon after the : first propagation of the gospel , he could not be mis
taken as to the facts which he asserts , or to the account be gives of the early believers . It is therefore highly important to kn 6 w whether this narrative of Lucian is the result of honest inquiry , or an artful fiction intended to undermine the Christian faith . In mv
late ' work ; entitled < tf A Series of Facts demonstrating the Truth of the Christian Religion /* I have analysed this production , and shewn that it £ 3 nothing else than a travestfe of the' life of CJiristr . Bat tibe Itew Wjii . Tboke ,
in his recently published Translation pf LuciaftV Works , ( a monument of industry and zeal' for literature in a man so advanced in years , ) takes the narrative , with all its wild improbabilities , in a literal Hnse , arid contends that the transactions F , of Peregriftus are as much entitled t 6 credit as if we had
seen them with 6 ur own eyes . According to Lilian , PereOTuius tyas not oaly a convey to <) lirffetianity ^ but one of its mobt ^ ito
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i ^ no ^ S H Gh ^^^ i ^ cm himself , but was , 00 ^ ^ r tt ^ te themimberof ^ m ^ t ' htv ^ S nri ^ , A . GelMfe , ii H ^ S ^^ ^ M $ nd of Peregrinm , pt ^ m& hki ^ a ^^ mad ? of nrmrt ^ s a ^ dignHyV ^ id f ^ cot ^ it as one of hK' \ vi ^ fi ^ ng § i tfeat ^ a good man would y tt || S
lm could conceal hi 3 ems frOftuft ^ ^ fi ^ from the gods » A Pagan vrYfuld ^ have given such a ete * ftt £ tsr g ^ ioPef a Christian , at a time Whefl tti ^ VX ^ M ries of Christiauity \ vel ^ heM in &bh&t feme in the Pagan w # ld . B ^ siide ^ h ^ re ig the charact € ^ ist 5 < 5 language of Heathenism in the itroUtll of « t mfiQ said to have befen a € hnstSto- Wft ^ a Heathen received tW g ^ pel ; Ptfi ^ term gods in the plciTttl ' TOSi ^ bc ^^ - objects of zeo , l and devotion ; ^ sapi peared for " ewt ftomMk tipsl * : ^ < - - Tertullian , p . 138 } classes Per ^ gri nus with those Heathens , w * o ^ re ^
said to have put themietve ^ tcf death , and whose constancyirt suffferin ^ \ v ^ wort&y to be imitated bySth ^ iGaDrfetiajii iii a better cadfiel f Tafia ^ , > huv ^ ff - & his Oration ti > the Greeks , pta ^ s Jimi in the number of those meii Who i ^
actised immorality UiWer ^ pf ' W philosophy , and execrated th * XDhJn ^ tian ^ only became they fM&tefr the word of God . Fmallfy Atfena ^ ras States a fact Whi <^ rtt ^ te ^ ^^^^ i ^ rinus , so for fr ^ iA l ^^ ^ thf ^^ i ranked am 6 *^ -ttfe 1 'ittoivwi | Bii ) i ^ K ^ S 9 enemies of Oh ^ stiani ^ ; Mvhtefc ^ tfc ^ t Alexander and ^ teds h ^ ^ sta » fea erected in honour of th ^ m at Farittih , a city of Mysia / ( Legate ^ ro GhHstianis , p . 107 *) i ; It would be absurd to suppose that the people of that towa , OFitiore-pro ^ perly the Roman - rnagisfrat «« , would have raised a statue m honOttr ^ f a
Christian , at an agC when the ^ v ^ ta ^ of Christiamtf wer ^ ttni ^ t ^ allijieltfill ' the gfctitew imQmntmi Tmmmtit paid WtKiii 1 ^^ > lc ^ fe 4 s ^ 0 m 6 contmry , to coin lude ; ^ to ^^ nalized&di ^ ift ' # ^^^ M and his cause . » m &wiKi ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 643, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/15/
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