Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His DiscoursesWoolston, Thomas
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Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His Discourses
Woolston, Thomas
Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748; Jesus Christ -- Miracles -- Early works to 1800; Smalbroke, Richard, 1672-1749
"If you, Sir, should write a Discourse gainst the Letter of the
Story of _Jesus_'s Resurrection, I beg of you to accept of a few of
my Conceptions on that Head, which, I promise you, shall be out of
the common Road of thinking. Your _Divines_ think they have
exhausted that Subject, and absolutely confuted all Objections that
can be made against it, but are much mistaken. Sometimes we _Jews_
dip into their Writings on this Head, and always smile with
Indignation at their foolish Invectives against the Blindness of
the Eyes, and Hardness of the Hearts of our Ancestors. If they
would but favour us with a Liberty to write for our selves, a
reasonable Liberty, which in this Philosophical Age we don't
despair of, especially under so wise just and good a Civil
Administration, as this Nation is happily bless'd with, we would
cut them out some more Work, which they are not aware of. In the
mean Time I am your assured Friend,"
_N.N._
So ends the Letter of my Friend, the _Jewish Rabbi_, which consists of
_calm_ and _sedate_ Reasoning, or I would not have publish'd it; for I
am resolv'd he shall no more impose upon me with his ludicrous and
bantering Stuff, like his Satirical Invective against _Jesus_'s
Miracle of _turning Water into Wine_, so offensive to our Godly
_Bishops_. And because it consists of _calm_ and _sedate_ Reasoning,
which _Bishop Smalbroke_ allows of, I hope his _Lordship_ will take it
into Consideration, and write an Answer to it, which I, without the
Help of the Mystery, can't do.
If the foresaid _Letter_ be offensive to our _Clergy_, who don't judge
it meet that the _Jews_ should take this Liberty to write against the
Miracles of our Saviour, and in Vindication of their own disbelief of
Christianity, I beg of them, for the Love of _Jesus_, not to let their
Displeasure be visibly seen; because the _Jews_ will then laugh in their
Sleeves, and perhaps openly insult and triumph upon it: But if they will
privately acquaint me with their Displeasure at it, I'll promise them
to hold no more Correspondence with such _Jewish Rabbies_; neither will
I ever hereafter publish any other Objections against _Christ_'s
Religion and Miracles, than what come from the _Hotentots_ and
_Pawawers_: and then it will be strange, if our dignified _Clergy_, of
most grave and demure Looks, can't solidly confute the worst, that such
ignorant and illiterate People can urge against them.
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