XIV.
An Answer to the Objection from external Testimonies; where it is shewn they make more for these Books, <160>
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XV.
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An Answer to the Objection of the Scriptures being altered, <161>
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XVI.
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The Authority of the Books of the Old Testament, <164>
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BOOK IV.
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I.
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A particular Confutation of the Religions that differ from Christianity, <179>
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II.
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And first of Paganism. That there is but One God. That created Beings are either good or bad. That the Good are not
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[print edition page 23]
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to be worshipped without the Command of the Supreme God. <180>
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III.
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A Proof that evil Spirits were worshipped by the Heathen, and the Unworthiness of it shown, <181>
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IV.
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Against the Heathen Worship paid to departed Men, <184>
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V.
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Against the Worship given to the Stars and Elements, <185>
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VI.
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Against the Worship given to Brute Creatures, <186>
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VII.
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Against the Worship given to those Things that have no real Existence, <188>
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VIII.
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An Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, taken from the Miracles done amongst them, <190>
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IX.
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And from Oracles, <193>
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X.
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The Heathen Religion rejected, because it failed of its own accord, as soon as humane Assistance was wanting, <198>
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XI.
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An Answer to this, that the Rise and Decay of Religion is owing to the Stars, <199>
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XII.
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The principal Things of the Christian Religion, were approved of by the wisest Heathens; and if there be any Thing in it hard to be believed, the like is to be found amongst the Heathens, <201>
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BOOK V.
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I.
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A Confutation of Judaism, beginning with an Address to the Jews, <208>
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II.
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That the Jews ought to look upon the Miracles of Christ as sufficiently attested, <209>
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III.
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An Answer to the Objection, that those Miracles were done by the Help of Devils, <210>
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IV.
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Or by the Power of Words, <211>
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V.
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That the Miracles of Jesus were divine, proved from hence, because he taught the Worship of one God, the Maker of the World, <212>
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[print edition page 24]
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VI.
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An Answer to the Objection drawn from the Difference betwixt the Law of Moses, and the Law of Christ; where it is shown, that there might be given a more perfect Law than that of Moses, <213>
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VII.
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The Law of Moses was observed by Jesus when on Earth, neither was any Part of it abolished afterwards, but only those Precepts which had no intrinsick Goodness in them, <215>
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VIII.
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As Sacrifices, which were never acceptable to God upon their own Account, <220>
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IX.
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And the Difference of Meats, <225>
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X.
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And of Days, <229>
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XI.
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And external Circumcision, <232>
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XII.
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And yet the Apostles of Jesus easily allowed of these Things, <233>
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XIII.
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A Proof against the Jews taken from their own Confession of the extraordinary Promise of the Messiah, <234>
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XIV.
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That he is already come, appears from the Time foretold, <235>
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XV.
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(With an Answer to what is alledged, that his Coming was deferred upon the Account of the Sins of the People) <238>
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XVI.
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Also from the present State of the Jews, compared with the Promises of the Law, <240>
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XVII.
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Jesus proved to be the Messiah, from those Things that were predicted of the Messiah. <242>
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XVIII.
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An Answer to what is alleged, that some Things were not fulfilled, <245>
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XIX.
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And to that which is objected of the low Condition and Death of Jesus, <247>
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XX.
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And as though they were good Men who delivered him to Death, <252>
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[print edition page 25]
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