The CONTENTS.

Sect. III. St. Cyprians 'Testimony to the canonicalAuthority of the Revelations asserted against theCavils of the Discourser. 89

CHAP. III. Concerning the Counter-Evidenceproduced by the Discourser from the first Appea-rance of the Revelations, down to the Middleof the third Century. 94.

Sect. I. The Argument against the Revelationsfrom the Silence of some very early Writers a-bout it, considered and refuted. ibid.

Sect. II . The nameless Writers mentioned by Dio-nysius Alexandrinus, as oppostng the Revelationsbefore his Time, proved to be of no Authorityin the present Dispute. 98

Sect. III. Shewing that it is probable Caius’i Te-stimony relates to some Forgery of Cerinthush,under the Name of St. John, and not to thepresent Book of R; relations. 99

Sect. IV . Dionysius Alexandrinus’^ Critique up-on the Revelations of St. John examined andanswered. io£

Sect. V. Containing Remarks upon the Evidencefor and against the Revelations down to theMiddle of the third Century, as it is Jumm'd up/-X ^ Discourser. 121

CHAP. IV. The State of the Revelations consi-dered, from the Middle of the third Century tothe End of the fourth. 124

Sect. I. The Characters and Testimonies of Me-thodius, Victorinus Petavionensis and Lactan-tius to the Revelations vindicated against the

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