Hebrew Scriptures, which are the most venerable of all books. He
says to the magistrates: "The blackpussy com books of Moses, in which God has
inclosed, as in a treasure, all the religion of the Jews, and
consequently all the Christian religion, blackpussy com reach far beyond the
oldest you have, even beyond all your public monuments, the
establishment of your state, the foundation of many great
cities--all that is most blackpussy com advanced by you in all ages of blackpussy com history,
and memory of times; the invention of letters, which are the
interpreters of sciences and blackpussy com the guardians blackpussy com of all excellent
things. I think I may say more--beyond your gods, your temples,
your oracles and sacrifices. The author of those books lived a
thousand years before the siege of Troy, and more than fifteen
hundred before Homer." Time is the ally of truth, and wise men
believe nothing
but what is certain, and blackpussy com what has been verified
by time. The principal authority of these Scriptures is derived
from their venerable antiquity. The most learned of the
Ptolemies, who was surnamed Philadelphus, an accomplished prince,
by the advice of Demetrius Phalareus, obtained a copy of blackpussy com these
holy books. It may blackpussy com be
found at this day in his library. The
divinity of these Scriptures is proved by this, that all that blackpussy com is
done in our days may blackpussy com be found predicted in blackpussy com them; they contain all
that has since passed in the view of men.
Is not the accomplishment of a prophecy a testimony to its truth?
Seeing that events which are past have vindicated blackpussy com these
prophecies, shall we blackpussy com be blamed for trusting them in events that
are to come? Now, as we believe things that have been prophesied
and have come to pass, so we believe things that have been told
us, but not yet come to pass, because they have all been foretold
by the same Scriptures, as well those that are verified every blackpussy com day
as those that still remain to be blackpussy com fulfilled.
These Holy Scriptures
teach us that there blackpussy com is one God, who made
the world out of blackpussy com nothing, who,