A
ever. p. 43. l. 6. for despair any longer, r. hope no longer, p. 104. l. 18. for in his, r. is his.
[6] --Kai nun de phesin hoionei hemas apokeinasthai, hoti dia tout' onomisamen auton einai Huion Theou, epei cholous kai tuphlous etherapeuse. Prostithesi de kai to hos umeis phate, aniste nekrous. hoti men oun golous kai tuphlous etherapeuse, dioper Christon auton kai Huion Theou nomizomen; delon hemin estin ek tou kai en protheteiais gegraphthai; Tote.--Hoti de kai nekrous aniste, kai houk esti plasma ton ta euangelia grapsanton; paristatai ek tou, ei men plasma en, pollous anagegraphthai tou anastantas, kai tou... ede chronous echontas pleionas en tois mnemeiois. epei d' ouk esti plasma, panu euarithmetous lelechtheu, ten te tou archisunaghogou thugatera (peri hes ouk oid' hopos ...pen, ouk apethanen, alla katheudei; legon ti peri autes ho ou pasi tois apothnousi prosen) kai ton monogene tes cheras huion. eph' ho splagchnistheis anestesen, stesas tou... pherontas ton nekron; kai teiton Lazarontetarten hemeran en to mnemeio echonta. Cont. Cels. 1. 2. p. 87.
[7] Origen, it seems, did not then think of the reason of this, I have assigned the plain reason of it, p. 52. See also, p. 105.
VINDICATION, &c.
MR. W. begins his fifth Discourse, p. 1, 2. with saying, that he is now to take into examination the three miracles of Jesus's raising the dead, viz. of Jairus's daughter, Matth. ix. Mark. v. Luke viii. of the widow of Naim's son, Luke vii. and of Lazarus, John xi: the literal stories of which, he says, he shall shew to consist of absurdities, improbabilities, and incredibilities, in order to the mystical interpretation of them.
I have read over his examination of these miracles, and am still of opinion, that the histories of them are credible.
I. I will therefore first consider all his objections against these literal stories.
II. I will consider the Jewish Rabby's letter inserted in this Discourse.
I will shew, that the histories of these three miracles are well circumstanced, and have in them the marks and tokens of credibility.