A free inquiry into the miraculous powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages / [Conyers Middleton].

  • Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
Date:
1749
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Credit: A free inquiry into the miraculous powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages / [Conyers Middleton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A FREE INQUIRY INTO THE MIRACULOUS POWERS, Which are fuppofed to have fubfifted in the CHRISTIAN CHURCH, From the Earliest Ages through feveral fuc- ceffive Centuries. By which it is fhewn. That we have no fufficient Reafon to believe, upon the Authority of the Primitive Fathers, That any fuch Powers were continued to the Church, after the Days of the Apostles. By CONYERS MIDDLETON, D. D. • I Hae funt religiones, quas libi a Majoribus fuis traditas pertinaciflime tueri ac defendere perfeverant : nec conliderant quales lint, fed ex hoc probatas atque veras elTe con- Sdunt, quod eas Veteres tradiderunt. Tantaque eft audtoritas vetuftatis, ut inquircre in earn, fcelus efle ducatur. Itaque creditur ei paffim, tanquam cognitae veritati. Lactant. Div. Inft. 1. 2. c. 7. 1 r ocXri^lg tipccv y^ rtgytw, 0 A0T0S V7rayogsuzi, zrugMilijpevvs $o%oa; 'uyecXoacon z^ockoXhOzTv, av CpauAai uciu. Justin Mart. Apol. 1. Num fingo ? num mentior ? cupio refelli. Quid enim laboro, nili ut veritas in omni quaeftione illuftretur. Cic. Tufc. Quaeft. 3, 20. T»\ jcaeloc aAnQzioiv suor&tV ^ CpiAo<ro(p»?, [xouov LONDON: Printed for R. Manby and H. S. Cox, on Ludgate-HilL % M.DCC.XLDL