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absurdity of such an opinion, and the irreconcileable difference between Mohammed and the promised Comforter. As to the name of their Prophet occurring in the Gospel of Barnabas, as sometimes alledged, the answer is, that it was of no weight and authority among the Christians, the work of Sectaries, and the particular name an interpolation[1]. Waving general assertions, to which no importance can be attached, the specific amount of testimony, in support of such a serious accusation, may be resolved into the above, which Mohammed and his followers would deem sufficient for invalidating the credibility of the Scriptures.
The integrity of the sacred text has been so satisfactorily[2] shewn by Collators, that it
- ↑ See Jones.
- ↑ See Jones's New and Full Method, &c. On this subject Bishop Tomline's Elements of Christian Theology may be advantageously consulted, comprising valuable matter of every description, relating to the writings of the Old and New Testament, in a moderate compass. The following, according
