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A View of the Principal Deistical Writers
A View of the Principal Deistical Writers Author:John Leland Subtitle: That Have Appeared in England in the Last and Present Century; With Observations Upon Them, and Some Account of the Answers That Have Been Published Against Them. in Several Letters to a Friend General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Tegg and son Subjects: Deism Apo... more »logetics History Christianity Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Apologetics Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER XII. The Resurrection of Christ an Article that lies at the Foundation of tfie Christian Faith. -- Attacked with great Confidence in a Pamphlet, entitled, The Resurrection of Jesus considered. -- What this Writer offers to prove, that Christ did not foretel Lis own Resurrection, and that the Story of the Chief Priests setting a Watch at the Sepulchre is a Forgery and Fiction, examined and confuted -- Observations on the extraordinary Way he takes to fix Contradictions on the Evangelists. -- The Rules by which he would judge of their Accounts would not be endured, if applied to any other Writings. -- He insists on farther Evidence of Christ's Resurrection; and yet plainly intimates, that no Evidence that could be given would satisfy him. -- Extravagant Demands of the Deistical Writers on this Head considered. -- The Evidence that was actually given, the properest that could be given. -- The seeming Variations among the Evangelists, if rightly considered, furnish a Proof of the Truth and Genuineness of the Gospel Records. -- An Account of the Answers published to this Author, especially of Mr. West's Observations on the History and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. -- Sir George Littleton's Observations on the Convers...« less