An Incongruity in Phil. ii. 26, pointed out, and

corrected

Epaphras the same with Epaphroditus

Page

26, 27

. 31

Epaphroditus's Character drawn by Josephus. 32

Epictetus's Attempt to degrade him .

Epictetus a Defamer and an Impostor

The Converts from Heathenism said to become

. 36

37, 38

39

Josephus engages in his Antiquities, at the Ad-

vice of a Christian, to promote the Gospel. 39

CHAPTER II.

Josephus's Account of John the Baptist, and
his Object to enforce the Truth of his divine
Mission

41, 42

Soldiers sent by the Pharisees to entrap the

Baptist

45

Josephus represents John as a Prophet, and

Forerunner of the Messiah

This Passage properly understood by the Fathers 46

Josephus, in his Account of John, a Christian

47

The Character of the Esseans by Josephus. 48-57

The Esseans not mentioned or alluded to in

1

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The Esseans flourished in Samaria, and there-

fore called by Epiphanius a Samaritan Sect 60

Jesus preaches among the Esseans

CHAPTER IV.

The Conversion of the Esseans to Chris-

tianity..

The Character of the Esseans by Philo

CHAPTER V.

The Esseans mistaken by the Moderns

Their Virtues the distinguishing Virtues

of the Gospel

Known to the Fathers to be Christians

61-67

8691

The Objections of modern Critics answered

Christianity another Name for Judaism.

The Esseans interpreted the Scriptures in a

Spiritual Sense

. 91.

92 93

The Patriarchs the real Founders of the Esseans 94

The Reasons assigned why Philo and Jose-

phus did not call the Jewish Believers

Christians, &c.'.

The Esseans the same with the Assideans,
mentioned in the Maccabees

95

96

970

The same with the Sons of the Prophets

Jesus and his Disciples, by submitting to the

Baptism of John, became Esseans; while

the Esseans by following John, their

Master, became Christians.

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The Reasons stated, which irresistibly prove

the Esseans to be the first Jewish Believers 99-113

The Spread of the Gospel magnificently de-

scribed by Philo.

118-121

CHAPTER VI.

Philo describes our Lord under those high

Titles which distinguish him in the New

Testament

Philo describes him as the Son of God-as
Intercessor for the Pardon of Sin

122-123

125, 126

127-131

The Term Logos applied by the Apostles to

Christ, to express not his personal Nature,

but his Character as the Minister of God 131-135

Philo, in the same Sense, applies the Term

Logos to our Lord.

The Mission of Christ stated by Philo . 138

Philo represents Christ as the real High Priest 139-148

speaks of the Son of God as a Mediator 149

as the Agent of God, in conferring

eternal Life

opposes the Word of God to the Doc-

trines of Men.

151, 152

153

154-158

The fine Ideas which Philo entertained of

Christianity

The very great Similarity between Justin

Martyr and Philo, in regard to the Grounds

of recommending the Gospel to the Hea-

thens.

Dr. Priestley erroneous in ascribing the Per-
sonification of the Logos to the Platonists 161
Philo borrowed his Notions from the Chris-

tian Teachers ..

The allegorical Method of interpreting Scrip-

tures derived from Philo.

Dr. Cæsar Morgan mistaken in his Notions

of Philo's Writings

162

164

. 165

The Fathers erred in fixing to the Person of

Christ the Term Logos, which was in-

tended by the Apostles, and by Philo, to

designate his divine Authority

CHAPTER VII.

Philo a Christian Apologist

.* . 166

167

168

168

Repels with great Zeal and Energy the Ac-
cusations made against the Believers .

Mr. Wakefield misinterprets the term ay

Gibbon falsely asserts that the Christians

imitated the Eleusinian Mysteries . . . 170

The Calumnies against the early Believers,
insiduously described by Gibbon, repelled
by Philo and Josephus

Philo holds the Festivals of Plato and Xeno-

phon in contempt, compared with the

Love-feasts of the Christians

171

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172

Jesus and his Apostles taught no Mysteries 173-175

The Pagans imputed to the Christians the

enormities which prevailed in their own

Assemblies

Jesus called upon his Followers to suffer-

the Magnanimity with which, according

to Josephus, they submitted to every Spe-

cies of Tortures

Christ cautions his Disciples against ex-
posing themselves to unnecessary Perse-
cution

The Ignorance of the Pagans in regard to

the Principles of Toleration.

The Steadiness of the Faithful under Trials

brought upon them the Charge of Obsti-

nacy Philo wrote his Book to defend

them, and to encourage them in Support

of their Principles

.

179

180, 181

182

. 182, 183

Christianity objected to, as being recent . . 190

The Christian Religion, in the highest Sense,

. Philo treats the Pagan Philosophers with.

great Contempt, and on the other hand

extols the Christian Teachers

.

Philo and Josephus set aside the insiduous

and malicious Representation of Gibbon,

that the early Converts were poor and

illiterate

194, 195