To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, And he said unto them, Thus it is written; and thus it be- BARROW, VOL. V. b The Certainty and Circumstances of a future Judgment And in Jesus Christ, &c. SERMON XIII. OF THE TRUTH AND DIVINITY OF THE EPH. i. 13. In whom ye also (trusted), having heard the word of truth, THAT our religion in gross is true and agreeable SERM. to reason, is a ground upon which the truth of its Now in the words I did now read, St. Paul styles XIII. SERM. is, a most true doctrine,) and the gospel of our sal- XIII. vation, (that is, a message brought from heaven by It was anciently objected by Celsus and other ad- Gov. Orig. i. versaries of our religion, that Christianity did exact pag. 8,9 from men λkai äλoyo Tioτw, a bare groundless faith; did impose vóμous avanπodeíkтovs, laws uncapable canvas ti- of proof, (that is, as to the goodness and reasonable- ness of them ;) did inculcate this rule, My érаše, àλλà μóvov TíσTEVE, Do not examine or discuss, but only believe; that it debarred inquiries and debates about truth, slighted the use and improvement of reason, rejected human learning and wisdom, enjoining men to swallow its dictates, without chewing, or any pre- vious examination concerning the reason and truth The ground of this accusation was surely a great |