that he spake by the authority of God himself. These and many other arguments, founded in the more than human character of Jesus, in the rapid propagation of the Gospel, in the excellence of its precepts and doctrines, and in the constancy, intrepidity, and fortitude of its early professors, incontrovertibly establish the truth and divine origin of the Christian religion, and afford to us, who live in these latter times, the most positive confirmation of the promise of our Lord, that “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (u).” (a) Matt. c. 16. v. 18. The A.D. 38 65 63 97 64 58 Judæa - Rome Greece Asia Minor - Greece Corinth Ephesus Macedonia Corinth or Macedonia Rome Rome Rome Corinth Corinth Macedonia Rome Greece or Macedonia Rome Ronne Jerusalem Rome Rome Judæa Ephesiis - Ephesus Unknown a The Places and Times of writing the Books of the NEW TESTAMENT. St. Matthew 56 57 52 61 62 62 52 52 64 65 64 62 63 61 64 65 69 69 69 70 95 or 96 END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. |