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The double uses and applications of the types and prophecies are no objection to the evidences deducible from them, but rather a confirmation of these evidences 422

The application of the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, by the writers of the New, does not weaken the authority of these writers, but rather confirms it 423

The moral characters of Christ, the prophets, and apostles, prove the truth and divine authority of the Scriptures 426

The excellence of the doctrines contained in the Scriptures is an evidence of their divine authority 429

The many advantages which have accrued to the world from the Patriarchal, Judaical, and Christian revelations, prove the divine authority of the Scriptures 431

The wonderful nature and superior excellence, of the attempt made by Christ and his apostles, are evidences of their divine authority 433

The manner in which the love of God, and of our neighbour, is taught and inculcated in the Scriptures, is an evidence of their divine authority ib.

The doctrine of the necessary subserviency of pain to pleasure, unfolded in the Scriptures, is an evidence of their divine authority 434

The mutual instrumentality of beings to each other's happiness and misery, unfolded in the Scriptures, is an argument of their divine authority 435

The divine authority of the Scriptures may be inferred from the superior wisdom of the Jewish laws, considered in a political light, and from the exquisite workmanship shewn in the tabernacle and temple 436

The want of universality in the publication of revealed religion, is no objection to it; but, on the contrary, the time and manner in which the Scriptures were written, and delivered to the world, are arguments for their divine authority 437

The exclusion of all great degrees of enthusiasm and imposture from the characters of Christ, the prophets and apostles, proves their divine authority 439

The reception which Christ, his forerunners and followers, with their doctrines, have met with in all ages, is an argument of their divine authority 440

The reception which false religions have met with in the world, are arguments of the truth of the Christian 441