Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-03

him and m7Ck-i HIN with a crown Of
thorns, and SAID Hail king Of the Jews ;
and scoWSr' him, AMI led him away to
cruelty hun. Matthew goes further,
snd states. that at his cruCi6xion, many
Astonishing occurrences harp, ned At Je.
ru,alem. There WAS darkness over al
the land from the sixth to the ninth
hour the veil of the temple WAS rent in
TWAIN, from the tops to the bottom the
earth DID Quake. the rocks rent, and ma
NY bodies Of saints which slept arose af.
ter his resurrection, and went into the
holy cltv, and appeared unit" MANY. And
when the centurion, and ;hev that were
with him matching Jesus. saw ,hesr
things. tnev feared greatly saving Tru-
~ this was the son Of God. And thus
we see thW III. prophecy Of til: death OF
Jesus, waacomrletrly. AMI circumstan-
tall fulfilled.
Now let it ne RENE mbered that Mat
,h:w wrote his gospel in the Hebrew
l4uylNG- an addressed it to the Jews
II those very people who had been prln-
CIpAllr concerned in the 4fEansaCtloHs he
records. He knew that the gospel COM
mitted TO his trust, torbAd tviag ON pain
o. eternal punishment and easily fore
saw that III: execution of hts apo stOlio
commission, would subject him to the
most cruel persecution that bigotrv, and
superstition could inRict upon him he
also knew that detection in one single
lslsehood in point Of fact, which, if he
asserted a talsehood, was easv, and GER
tain, would Illustrate every intention Of
publishing false religion to the world.
Thousands Of the Jews were witnesses
to the Facts hr relates, auppo>ing them
10 be true and it is impossible to sup.
pose, If he hal asserted what was not
true, his assertions, and the religion
built upon tn m, could have obtained
any credit'among mInkind. Suppose
man should now write book, in which
he should assert III 1t similar occurrences
h.d happened in PHILADELPHIA, or Bali
more, not more than twenty Years ago,
would not every citizen Ire allie to con.
vict him OF falls, hood, and justly stigma
tize h t, - an I'M ,udo nt'> ing ri seal! Yet
= Matthew does tins to the Jews, in the
-face o: heir rL!rnld, thu records oil Pr
Late, and The whole Jewish nation j; and
no attempt WAS m 1de to prove him liar,
but ,hr bAnghng, inconsistent story that
the dls,lpl, "i Jesus came BY might and
stole h III awaN.
The Jews were we'll acquainted with
the Miracles pertrrmrd bv Jesus. In
the II asss mbled louEt ilthcN SAY. "What
do VIZ, for this man d., rh MANY mira
cles." They knew ia 1t he had predle ted
his desth and the manner Of II, which
their m4liGniu had completely fulfilled
aAd that, at tht same li1ne he did this,
he prrdIttxd also his rr>urrc> ton, and
they wsHt to Plate SAVING, "Sir, We
remem5sr that 0eceiver said while he
! Was vel alive, after three da, will rise
agars. COmmaRd ,hr rriore that the Sc
! puIchre he made sure until the third dav,
! lest his disciples come by night and ste al
: han AWAY, aud say uHto the pc Ople he +
risen from the dead; aud so the last er-
, ror shall be worse thanth first" And
this WAS the ridiculous story they resortsd
! TO, to deceive the people. An the evan.
Kelists teAnS, that certain women went
, TO the sepulChre> on the FIRST dav Of the
week, and found the liReA clothes with
which his body had bern cushraudeC, w.
ing ia the sepulchre but the body itself
was missing. They also assert that he
showed himselftwe or three times at Ie.
rusaiem, to his apostles; amt convinced
Thomas Of the reality OF HIS reSurrecti-
on, by sensible d. m1nst-Ntion and that
he Showed himself TO his disciples at the
eaof riberlas. Luke, who Is acknow-
ledgrd~to hive written the Acts of the
! Apostles, saws, - That he showed him
self alive after his passion, bv many in
fAIlible proofs, being seen of them ((fnt>
disciPles) forty DAYS, and speaking Of
things pertaining to III. kingdom Of
Cod" Paul, in his hrst epistle TO the
Cor nshians.. saws, A. FttE delivered un ,
I G. + II - ~ i.