THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. IN THREE PARTS. PART I. OF THE DIRECT HISTORICAL PRINTED FOR N. HAILES, MUSEUM, PICCADILLY; JOHN WALKER, PATERNOSTER-ROW; MDCCCXXIV. ligious part of an academical education. If in this latter view it might seem, in any degree, to excuse your Lordship's judgment of its author, I shall be gratified by the reflection, that, to a kindness flowing from public principles, I have made the best public return in my power. In the mean time, and in every event, I rejoice in the opportunity here afforded me, of testifying the sense I entertain of your Lordship's conduct, and of a notice which I regard as the most flattering distinction of my life. I am, MY LORD, With sentiments of gratitude and respect, Your Lordship's faithful And most obliged servant, WILLIAM PALEY. ON THE DIRECT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY, There is satisfactory Evidence, that many, pro- fessing to be original Witnesses of the Christian Miracles, passed their Lives in Labours, Dangers, and Sufferings, voluntarily undergone in Attestation of the Accounts which they delivered, and solely in Consequence of their Belief of those Accounts; and Indirect Evidence of the Sufferings of the first Propa- gators of Christianity, from the Scriptures and other ancient Christian Writings SECT. VI. Commentaries, &c. were anciently written SECT. VII. They were received by ancient Christians of different Sects and Persuasions SECT. VIII. The four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles of Saint Paul, the First Epistle of John, and the First of Peter, were received without Doubt |