Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

We must own that such things have been, or we must accuse all the Records of former ages to be a pack of lies; which whosoever doth, destroys the greatest and best part of human knowledge. The Miracles mentioned in the Scripture, wrought by our Saviour, are acknowledged by the Heathen, by the Jews at this day, though his greatest enemies. There is no dispute whether such things were wrought, the dead raised, the blind restored to sight. The Heathens have acknowledged the Miraculous Eclipse of the Sun, at the Passion of Christ, quite against the rule of nature, the Moon being then in opposition to the Sun. The propagation of Christianity contrary to the methods whereby other Religions have been propagated, that in a few years the Nations of the world should be sprinkled with this Doctrine, and give in a greater Catalogue of Martyrs courting the devouring flames, than all the Religions of the world.

To this might be added, the strange hand that was over the Jews, the only people in the world professing the true God, that should so often be befriended by their Conquerors, so as to rebuild their Temple, though they were looked upon as a people apt to rebel. Dion and Seneca observe, that wherever they were transplanted, they prospered and gave laws to the Victors: So that this proves also the Authority of the Scripture, the truth of Christian Religion, as well as the being of a God, and a superior power over the world.

To this might be added, the strange hand that was over the Jews, the only people in the world professing the true God, that should so often be befriended by their Conquerors, so as to rebuild their Temple, though they were looked upon as a people apt to rebel. Dion and Seneca observe, that whereever they were transplanted, they prospered and gave laws to the Victors: So that this proves also the Authority of the Scripture, the truth of Christian Religion, as well as the being of a God, and a superior power over the world.