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    ilTrJ Cogarfs StttM^vf'tht Pmdencts hf emttiariity.

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    you to be usef ^ L wij ^ i ^^ pt ^ pCThaps , think out of j ^^ gi ^ ^ y our BepOfsitory . , . - ; . ; ' !) \' - :- ^ > -- , ¦ .. " . ¦? . hk The Christian reli ^ oji hps . e ^ iste ^ for about 1800 ^ af §>;|^ 'ip fe ^«^ s ^ 9 this period it W ^ mf : &Mi ffl&t fm its origin from % tai | # J ! pr llnrist who Iii / aH M Juflpas and . was

    crucified by Pcwt ^^ f ^ ^ l ^ W governor . A short * tujap , after , t | M 0 death of its founder ^ ifc . w ^ preached in the Roman ei ^ p ) m ^^^ f ^ im followers , and gsiin ^ ii ^^ a ^ ing cvemt and establishment , till at Wigwit ^ attained a decided prenem ^ nce ^ afrove the Pagan religion ai > d wqrst 4 p > vjuc ^ had prevailed there for inawy Jgf $ ? ^ d which it finally pverth ^ rew * Thia cpp ? version of the Pagans tq Chnstiaprty must be considered as one of the most

    signal revolutions which ever took place upon earth , and is an event of which every philosophical mind must wish to know the real and proper causes . The onl y history which ap * - pears to account tor thip sipguiar phenomenon is that of the Jfew Te ^ tiGU ment ; and this history consists pf a

    clear said distinct narrative of facts , which , if admitted , will rwdily explain this extraordinary revolution * Hence arises a claim which this history lays to our attention , and likewise a strong presumption in its favour ; as it must be allowed to stand in a very different

    predicament from a narrative of facts which will account for no existing phenomenon , and of which no monument , except the liistoiical testimony ,

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    ^ M ^ W ^ mr ^ m ^ M ( ^ * % f * Phu ^ sophicalUjibeUever , a , wow . £ ruly inestimable ^^ has the fpitow ^ g ^ a ^ igraph : / VVvith res ^ ecrt t 6 ; frypqtfie&es , to explain a ^ px ^ fAiices of juiy kind , the ^^^^ psopmcal Christian considers - ^^®^/ V 0 ^ 11 ^ to admit th ^ t which ^ mHR ;^ Wf ^ 9 e # « i l % s Qf philpscg || fciijff or reasoning ) as the ^ nofit prc $ 3 Jt ) lje ; so that the question

    | ietween r hfen , ajyi ^ t ^^ r philosophers is yv ^ etlier ] $ & hypothesi s , or j&ieirs wyi b ^ est explain the % ^ u& / acty ' , $ ncb f lkufFQ : ; ^ Pf ^^ fe l ?^ ief © f Judaism aptd Christianity , and a ) so the belief of them in the earliest ^ ges to which they can be traced ^'; With deference tp

    _ an authority'wlfiph I ^ 9 l » ghly respect , I should Bather w , y , % ]} SLl urrtij ^ he Kew Testament history , ^ % ; beeir shewn ^ tp

    v b $ unyyro ^ y . - < jf cir ^ d ^ $ v ^ y ~ Jiypq-, tWMtof « pJ ^ f * H 9 r ^ i ^ and progress of Christianity is unnecessary . and consequently undeserving of

    attention . Let it then be considered by what 'i ¦ ; ' \ 1 - ) ¦¦¦ ¦ Let us suppose , that we knew nothing of the early history Of Christianity , but merely understood that it commenced at the time at which its origin is dated ,

    that ft gradually subverted the idolatry of the Heathen world , and that wherever it came it carried Tyith it a pure system of morality , apd inspired a confident assurance of 0 H / e to came . Let the

    Christian Scriptures be put into our hands with proper evidence of their authenticity . Shbuld we not think that vte h ^ d found the true cause of an extraordinary J >^ l&-nomenon ? Or should we think thfctf ttofe

    volume ought to be rejected because * it professed to give the narrative ctf # divine i nterposition ?

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    Iltrj Cogarfs Stttm^Vf'tht Pmdencts Hf Emttiariity.

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/1/