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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77348	Brevis demonstratio. The truth and excellency of Christian religion demonstrated against Jews, Mahometans, and heathens Publish'd at the desire of some learned men, and for the satisfaction of all rational persons in England.		1665 (1665)	Wing B4424; ESTC R170793	19,852	40

true for there can be no History shewn in which are to be found I will not say more but as many Arguments Testimonies and Marks of Truth which that it may appear there are two things in all to be proved by us 1. That sometimes there was in the world such an one as Christ Jesus who is said to be the Authour of this Religion 2. That this Jesus was a Divine Person and the true Messiah or Saviour of the world sent by God to institute this Religion When both these are proved there will remain no doubt not onely of Christian Religion that it is most true and to be received by all but also of God that he is and that he takes care of Mankind XV. The former can be proved without much ado yea it scarce needs proof For who can doubt that Christ was upon the earth when he seeth the Religion which has its name from him to be extant even at this very day for this is all one as if one should doubt whether Mahomet the Author of the Mahometan Religion which he knows to be extant was ever in being or when he hears Aristotle's Doctrine taught in the Schools whether Aristotle ever was or when he reads the Histories of what was done by the Romans Greeks and Macedonians should doubt whether there ever was either those Nations or the Writers of those things But if any be either so stupid or ignorant of those things that are done in the world he shall be convinced by the Testimony of the whole world For 1. Thousands of Christians are witnesses which we have shewed above to have filled almost all the corners of the Earth 2. The very bitterest enemies of Christian Religion are witnesses For both the Mahometans and all the Jews do testifie it among those in the Alcoran among these in the Thalmudick Books many things are read concerning Christ Lastly the most famous Writers of the Heathens have made mention of him among others Tacitus Suetonius Pliny junior Aelias Pampridius Aelias Spartianus Flavius Vepiscus Eutropius Ammianus Marcellinus the words of some of whom shall be produced afterward From the same doth appear both the place and time when and where he lived by whom he was put to death to wit in the Reign of Tiberius and by the Governour Pontius Pilate also that he rose up in Judea for Tacitus calls Judea the source of this evil meaning Christian Religion some of the ancient Christians in their time that is well nigh two Ages after the Birth of Christ testifie That the Acts of Pilate were extant and kept in the Roman Archives in which all things done in Judea by and with Christ were written to Tiberius the Emperour the Romane Senate by Pilate then President there And that these do not testifie this falsly appears from hence That writing Apologies for the Christistians to the Roman Caesars they so confidently appealed to those Acts and publick Records These are the words of Tertullian in his Apologetick Tiberius therefore in whose time the Chrian Name came into the world after he understood out of Syria Palestine that which there had manifested the Truth of his Christ Divinity proposed it to the Senate with the Prerogative of his Suffrage the Senate because they did not approve rejected it Caesar persisted in his opinion threatning danger to the Accusers of Christians Consult your Commentaries there ye shall find that Nero did first rage with the Imperial sword against this Sect then chiefly springing up at Rome It is most remarkable that in the same Apologetick he cites out of the same Acts of Pilate a Testimony concerning the darkness that miraculously happened about the Passion of Christ at Mid-day In the same moment saith he the Day was darkned even when the Sun was at the highest verily they also that knew not it had relation to Christ thought it was an Eclipse and yet ye have this disaster of the world recorded in your Archives Justin Martyr also in his Apology to Antoninus Plus writeth in these words That these things were so done ye may know out of the Acts that were written under Pilate And again And who hath done these things ye may know out of those Records that were written under Pilate With what face I pray could they so grosly lye before the Emperors How easily might they be detected and convicted of falshood How dear would this lye have cost them if either there were no such Acts or that those things they affirmed of Christ were not extant in them The same Authors that they might shew that Christ was born in the time of the general Tax under Augustus as it is set down in the Gospel according to Luke appealed to the Tax-rolls and referred the Gentiles to them in which the description of that Tax was as yet in that time extant and there was read the Name of Jesus born of Mary in Bethlehem For thus saith Tertullian lib. 6. against Marcion Lastly concerning the Tax or Enrolling of Augustus which the Roman Archives keep as a most faithfull witness of our Lords Nativity And afterward But it is also manifest that the Tax or Enrolling under Augustus was made at this time in Judea by Sentius Saturninus in which they might find out his Parentage And in the Book against the Jews For he was of the Countrey of Bethlehem and of the House of David as by the Romans Mary of whom is born Christ was reckoned in the Tax-rell Chrysostome later then Tertullian affirms That as yet in his time those Rolls and the Name of Jesus in them were extant There were also many of the Heathens who wrote against Christian Religion such were Celsus Porphyrius Julian but they by reason of the clear evidence of the thing did never deny but that there was such an one as Christ But in a matter most evident what needs much proof especially seeing that from the later particular which we have undertaken to prove the former also will be manifest and necessarily follow therefore omitting this we will now proceed with Gods assistance to the proof of that XVI As to the later then namely that Jesus was a Divine Person and sent from God that will without doubt be sufficiently proved when we shall have proved that this Jesus was famous for stupendious miracles led a most holy life and underwent most direfull torments and an ignominious death upon the Cross for the cause of his Religion and afterward the third day was raised by God from the dead and taken up into Heaven and from thence he shed forth upon the Disciples plentifully of the holy Spirit and sent them to teach all Nations his Doctrine XVII Now this is proved by three reasons The first is That there are undoubted witnesses of this matter and such whose Testimony cannot but be true but those witnesses are 1. As to his death and miracles the very mortal enemies of Christian Religion whose Testimony surely in this case is free from all