Chapter I
Evidence of the Suffering of the first Propagators of Christianity, from the Nature of the Case.
Chapter II
Evidence of the Sufferings of the first Propagators of Christianity, from Profane Testimony.
Chapter III
Indirect Evidence of the Sufferings of the first Propagators of Christianity, from the Scriptures and other ancient Christian Writings.
Chapter IV
Direct Evidence of the same.
Chapter V
Observations upon the preceding Evidence.
Chapter VI
That the Story for which the first Propagators of Christianity suffered was miraculous.
Chapter VII
That it was, in the main, the Story which we have now proved by indirect Considerations.
Chapter VIII
The same proved from the Authority of our Historical Scriptures.
Chapter IX
Of the Authenticity of the historical Scriptures, in eleven Sections
SECT. 1 Quotations of the historical Scriptures by ancient Christian
Writers.
SECT. 2 Of the peculiar Respect with which they were quoted.
SECT. 3 The Scriptures were in very early Times collected into a
distinct Volume.
SECT. 4 And distinguished by appropriate Names and Titles of Respect.
SECT. 5 Were publicly read and expounded in the religious Assemblies of
the early Christians.
SECT. 6 Commentaries, &c., were anciently written upon the Scriptures.
SECT. 7 They were received by ancient Christians of different Sects and
persuasions.
SECT. 8 The four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles
of St. Paul, the first Epistle of John, and the first of Peter,
were received without doubt by those who doubted concerning
the other Books of our present Canon.
SECT. 9 Our present Gospels were considered by the adversaries of
Christianity as containing the Accounts upon which the Religion
was founded.
SECT. 10 Formal Catalogues of authentic Scriptures were published, in
all which our present Gospels were included.
SECT. 11 The above Propositions cannot be predicated of those Books
which are commonly called Apocryphal Books of the New
Testament.
Recapitulation.