hey thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of
them, and said unto them: 'Peace be unto you.' But they were terrified
and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said
unto them: 'Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your
hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is myself; handle me and
see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (Luke,
xxiv. 36-39.)

[264:1] See Philostratus, p. 342.

[264:2] Ibid. p. 5.

[264:3] Justin Martyr's "_Quaest._" xxiv. Quoted in King's Gnostics, p.
242.

[264:4] Acts, viii. 9, 10.

[265:1] See Mosheim, vol. i. pp. 137, 140.

[265:2] Irenaeus: Against Heresies, bk. iii. ch. xi. The _authorship_ of
the fourth gospel, attributed to John, has been traced to this same
_Irenaeus_. He is the _first_ person who speaks of it; and adding this
fact to the statement that "it is impossible that there could be more or
less than _four_," certainly makes it appear very suspicious. We shall
allude to this again.

[265:3] Eusebius: Eccl. Hist. lib. 2, ch. xiv.

[265:4] Apol. 1, ch. xxiv.

[266:1] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. pp. 241, 242.

[266:2] According to Hieronymus (a Christian Father, born A. D. 348),
Simon Magus applied to himself these words: "I am the Word (or Logos) of
God; I am the Beautiful, I the Advocate, I the Omnipotent; I am all
things that belong to God." (See "Son of the Man," p. 67.)

[266:3] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 316, and Middleton's Free
Inquiry, p. 62.

[266:4] Eusebius: Ecc. Hist., lib. 3, ch. xiv.

[266:5] Middleton's Works, vol. i. p. 54.

[267:1] Middleton's Works, vol. i. p. 54.

[267:2] Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. p. 312, and Middleton's Works, vol.
i. p. 10.

[267:3] "The Egyptians call all men '_barbarians_' who do not speak the
same language as themselves." (Herodotus, book ii. ch. 158.)

"By '_barbarians_' the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from
themselves--all foreigners." (Henry Cary, translator of _Herodotus_.)

The Chinese call the English, and all foreigners from western countries,
"_western barbarians_;" the Japanese were called by them the "_eastern
barbarians_." (See Thornton's History of China, vol. i.)

The Jews considered all who did not belong to their race to be
_heathens_ and _barbarians_.

The Christians consider those who are not followers of Christ Jesus to
be _heathens_ and _barbarians_.

The Mohammedans consider all others to be _dogs_, _infide