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. Which contained all the Gopel that St. John had declared.

Q. What account doth Joephus give of our Saviour?

A. That Jeus was a wie man, hewed wonders, and taught the truth to them that followed him.

Q. What miracles happened it the birth of Chrit ?

A. At his birth the temple of Rome dedicated to an heathen goddes, fell to the ground: When it was firt built the Romans enquire of their oracle Apollo, how long it hould tand? Who anwered, ’Till a virgin hould bring forth a Son; which made them think it would tand for ever. St. Jerom ays, when the virgin Mary fled with her on to Egypt, all images of their god’s fell down, and oracles and devils ceaed

Q. What is farther related of the death of Chrit, be{{ls}ides what we find in the holy criptures?

A. In the 34th year of our bleed Saviour’s life he was crucified by the wicked Jews, which produced prodigious effects, atteted as well by heathen as chritians. At his death there was a great darknes in the day time, from 3 o’clock, at which time our Saviour gave up the ghot, till 6, and vet there was no ecipe of the un, it being then full moon: So that it was only by the power of God, who deprived the un of its light for that pace of time. And Dioniius being that day at Athens, and knowing by the coure of the heavens, that this eclipe mut be unnatural, cried out, “Either the world is at an end, or the God of nature uffers!” And the wie men at Athens being atonihed at this prodigy, ordered an altar to be built, and dedicated it to the unknown God, for which St. Paul reproved them declaring that Jeus Chrit the redeemer of the world, who had uffered death by the Jews was the unknown God; whereby he converted many to the Chritian faith.

Q. Is there not another relation of this?

A. Yes, Plutarch publihed the following account. That his father coming by ea towards Italy, and coating about the Iland Paraxis, when all the hips crew were at ret, they heard a dreadful voice from that Iland, calling to Alaman who was Pilot of the hip, and an Egyptian born; this voice was heard twice, yet none had the courage to anwer, till at the third call. Alaman, cry’d. Who calls? What would you have? The voice then poke louder, and aid, “When you pas near the gulph of Laguna. I charge you to cry aloud and make them to undertand that the great god Pan is dead.’ This hip’s company was atonihed thereat, but concluded he hould take no notice of the voice, but proceed on their voyage. When they came to the place the hip tood till, o that they could ail no further; whereupon Alaman placed himelf upon the poup of