·. fifhertnen, n1ade his religion, d1ough con– . · trary to the corrupt affections and carnal interefis of men, quickly fubdue the known \vorld and fub1nit td a crucified King. T11e_ dott:rine which he ta1.1ght, mafh~red the un– der!tanding of the n1o-t1 Iearned .philofo– phers, conquered the fpirit& of the 1nofr valiant commanders, and outwitted th~ cun– ning of the fubtleft politicians: it cancelled the ceremonies of the Jews, confdunded. the wifdon1 of the Greeks, and i'nfirucred the rudenefs of the Barbarians; and reinains fl:ill' in the world a confiant evidence of -the author's wi!~om and power. And wha-t fhall we fpeak of the goodnefs and mora} ( endown1ents of that human nature, wh1ch ·were as miraculous as his power! ,Nay, all his )lliracles were inftances of the one as well -as of the other. Should we fpeak of his ardent piety and devotion, his love to God,' anq his zeal for his honour, I1is am– iable meekhefs and· h;un1ility, his univerfal charity and cornpa:ffion, ev.en to\v~rd his bitter enemies, his venerable ~ purity and ten1per~nce, the noble . conten1pt of the world, all thofe. other virtues which fuin– ed, fo eminently in his whole converfation; a fer11fon ·were too little for every particu– lar. But this is not all:. He was not only · fa·r
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