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Rethren, my Heart's Defire and Prayer to God for Ifrael is, that they might be faved. In a former Difcourfe, wrote against the Deifts, equal Enemies to you and us, who deny all inflituted and revealed Religion, I have justified the Truth of yours, while I have afferted that of the Chriftian Religion. They both stand upon one Bottom. They only, of all the Revelations that ever were pretended in the World, can fhew the four Marks, which do infallibly Demonftrate the Truth of any Matter of Fact, where they all do meet. And the Confequence is as plain, that if the Revelation of Mofes be true, that of Chrift must be true alfo. And you can never demonftrate the Truth of the Matters of Fact of Mofes by any Arguments or Evidences, which will not as ftrongly evince the Truth of the Matters of Fact of Chrift: And, on the other hand, you cannot overthrow the Matters of Fact of Chrift, but you must, by the fame Means, deftroy thofe of Mofes. So that I hope you are involved under the happy Neceffity, either to renounce Mofes, or to embrace Chrift.

But if you will allow (as fome of you have done) that the Matters of Fact of our Lord Jefus, as recorded in the Gospels, are true; but will contend, that this does not infer the Truth of his Doctrine, because, as may be alleged, thofe feeming Miracles which he wrought were done by Magic; then I'befeech you, how will you rescue the Miracles of Mofes from the fame Objection? The Comparifon, in this Cafe, must lie betwixt the Miracles of Mofes and of Chrift. And I believe you will not deny, but that thofe reA 2 corded

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