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 CHAP. II.

THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

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The genuineness of the Scriptures proves the truth of the facts contained in them 367

The genuineness of the Scriptures proves their divine authority 370

The truth of the principal facts contained in the Scriptures proves their divine authority 371

Three different suppositions, which may be made concerning the divine inspiration of the Scriptures ib.

The manner in which the Scriptures have been handed down from age to age, proves both their genuineness and truth 374

The great importance of the Scriptures proves their genuineness and truth 375

The language, style, and manner of writing used in the Scriptures, prove their genuineness 382

The great number of particular circumstances of time, place, persons, &c. mentioned in the Scriptures, prove both their genuineness and truth 383

The agreement of the Scriptures with history, natural and civil, is a proof of their genuineness and truth 387

The agreement of the books of the Old and New Testaments with themselves and each other, is an argument both of their genuineness and truth 398

The unity of design, which appears in the dispensations recorded in the Scriptures, is an argument not only of their truth and genuineness, but also of their divine authority 401

Divine communications, miracles, and prophecies, are agreeable to natural religion, and seem even necessary in the infancy of the world 407

The objections made against the miracles recorded in the Scriptures, from their being contrary to the course of nature, is of little or no force 410

The historical evidences for the genuineness, truth, and divine authority of the Scriptures, do not grow less from age to age, but rather increase 415

The prophecies delivered in the Scriptures prove their divine authority 416

The obscurity of the prophecies does not invalidate this proof 420