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Rh believe in his miraculous birth. But he said they had lost or altered the true Gospel, and accused them of having corrupted its doctrines by their dissensions and divisions. He told them that he was come direct from God for the purpose of composing their dissensions, and to lead them in the right way, that he had existed before the existence of the world, which was made for him, artfully applying to himself the prophecies of former ages. With these professions, he invited the Christians to join his standard, and declared his willingness to embrace