Conformity of the facts occafionally mentioned or referred CHA P. IV. Rejection of Christianity P. 312 CHAP. V. That the Chriftian miracles are not recited, or appealed to, by early Chriftian writers themselves, fo fully or frequently as might have been expected CH A P. VÌ. P. 342. Want of univerfality in the knowledge and reception of Christianity, and of greater clearness in the evidence fhall deal prudently, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and be very high. As many were aftonished at thee; his vifage was fo marred more than any man, and his form more. than the fons of men: fo fhall he sprinkle many nations; the kings fhall fhut their mouths at him; for that which had not been told them fhall they fee; and that which they had not heard fhall they confider. Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? VOL. II. B For For he thall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comelinefs; and when we fhall fee him, there is no beauty that we should defire him. He is defpised and rejected of men, a man of forrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; we esteemed him not. upon he was despised, and our griefs, and carried our forrows: yet we off |