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The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
Part 2 › Chapter 2: Of the several Religions which are in the world.
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§. 10. II. As to the Religion of the Jews, I need not say much of it by it self; the Positive part of their doctrine being confessed by the Christians and Mahometans, to be of Divine Revelation; and the negative part, (their denying of Christ) is to be tried, in the trial of Christianity.
1§. 10. II. As to the Religion of the Jews, I need not say much of it by it self; the Positive part of their doctrine being confessed by the Christians and Mahumetans, to be of Divine Revelation; and the negative part, (their denying of Christ) is to be tryed, in the tryall of Christianity.
- 1In To 4. Bib. Pat▪ extat liber Hieronymi à Sancta Fide, ex Judaeo Christiani, contra Judaeos & Talmud. qui ut dicit Approbatio 5000 Judaeos ad fidem convertit. pag 742, &c.
The Reasons which are brought for the Christian Religion, if sound, will prove the Old Testament, which the Jews believe; it being part of the Christians Sacred Book: And the same reasons will confute the Jews rejection of Jesus Christ.1 I take that therefore to be the fittest place to treat of this subject, when I come to the proofs of the Christian Faith. I oppose not what they have from God: I must prove that to be of God, which they deny.
- 1De Mahumetis origine, &c. vid. fragm. ex Anastas. Hist. Eccl. in B.P. Gr. Lat. To. 2. pag. 289▪ &c.