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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 7 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Arguments of Christ's Resurrection.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. the Arguments in general are—
1. From Gentiles grants: Pilate that condemned Christ, testified in a letter to Tiberius Cesar, that Christ was risen again;1 and therefore Tiberius desired the Senate to admit Christ into the number of their gods, which when they refused, Tiberius was incensed, and gave free leave to all Christians to profess Christianity. And to the Gentiles, Sybylla left written these very words, He shall end the necessity of death by three days sleep, and then returning from death to life again, he shall be the first that shall show the beginning of resurrection to his chosen, for that by conquering death, he shall bring us life.
1. From Gentiles grants: Pilate that condemned Christ, testified in a letter to Tiberius Cesar, that Christ was risen again;1 and therefore Tiberius desired the Senate to admit Christ into the number of their gods, which when they refused, Tiberius was incensed, and gave free leave to all Christians to profess Christianity. And to the Gentiles, Sybylla left written these very words, He shall end the necessity of death by three dayes sleep, and then returning from death to life again, he shall be the first that shall shew the beginning of resurrection to his chosen, for that by conquering death, he shall bring us life.
- 1Tertul. l. cont. Gent. Egesippus de vito & resur. Christi.