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defeftive in either of thefe two, we muft believe
that it is falfe.
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SECT. VII.
the Chrijiian Religion in general^
and partiadarly of the Miracles
rproHght in confirmation of it.
TT would be an endlefs as well as ufelefs work,
X to run over all the Religions that are in the
World, that we maychoofe one from among them
which is eftablifli'd upon good Principles and fure
Foundations •, and therefore I fhall fingle out the
Chriftian Religion, as that which now feems to
me to be more excellent than the reft, and endeavour
to prove , that it is founded upon the
cleareft and ftrongeft Evidence, that any rational
Man can defire. And this 1 hope will give full
fatisfaftion to the Reader of the following Difcourfe,
if he be a Chriftian ^ and I defire him to
judge for himfelf in this cafe, by comparing his
own Religion with all the other Religions profefs'd
in the World, and he will undoubtedly find
it to excel all the reft, for the reafonablenefs and
certainty of its Doftrines, and the holinefs and
goodneft of its Laws. But if the Reader be . a
Jew, a Turk, or Heathen, I hope he will take
the pains to compare his own Religion impartially
with the Chriftian, and I doubt not he will
quickly perceive on which fide the advantage lies,
as to the evidence of Principles^ and goodnefs of
Precept?,