[263:1] Compare Matt. ix. 18-25. "There came a certain ruler and worshiped him, saying: 'My daughter is even now dead, but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.' And Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples. . . . And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them: 'Give peace, for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.' And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, _and took her by the hand_, and the maid arose." [263:2] See Philostratus, pp. 285-286. [263:3] "He could render himself invisible, evoke departed spirits, utter predictions, and discover the thoughts of other men." (Hardy: Eastern Monachism, p. 380.) [263:4] "And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said unto them: 'Peace be unto you.' But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them: 'Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is myself; handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (Luke, xxiv. 36-39.) [264:1] See Philostratus, p. 342. [264:2] Ibid. p. 5. [264:3] Justin Martyr's "_Quæst._" xxiv. Quoted in King's Gnostics, p. 242. [264:4] Acts, viii. 9, 10. [265:1] See Mosheim, vol. i. pp. 137, 140. [265:2] Irenæus: Against Heresies, bk. iii. ch. xi. The _authorship_ of the fourth gospel, attributed to John, has been traced to this same _Irenæus_. He is the _first_ person who speaks of it; and adding this fact to the statement that "it is impossible that there could be more or less than _four_," certainly makes it appear very suspicious. We shall allude to this again. [265:3] Eusebius: Eccl. Hist. lib. 2, ch. xiv. [265:4] Apol. 1, ch. xxiv. [266:1] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. pp. 241, 242. [266:2] According to Hieronymus (a Christian Father, born A. D. 348), Simon Magus applied to himself these words: "I am the Word (or Logos) of God; I am the Beautiful, I the Advocate, I the Omnipotent; I am all things that belong to God." (See "Son of the Man," p. 67.) [266:3] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 316, and Middleton's Free Inquiry, p. 62. [266:4] Eusebius: Ecc. Hist., lib. 3, ch. xiv. [266:5] Middleton's Works, vol. i. p. 54. [267:1] Middleton's Works, vol. i. p. 54. [267:2] Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 312, and Middleton's Works, vol. i. p. 10. [267:3] "The Egyptians call all men '_barbarians_' who do not speak the same language as themselves." (Herodotus, book ii. ch. 158.) "By '_barbarians_' the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from themselves--all foreigners." (Henry Cary, translator of _Herodotus_.) The Chinese call the English, and all foreigners from western countries, "_western barbarians_;" the Japanese were called by them the "_eastern barbarians_." (See Thornton's History of China, vol. i.)