THE FOURTH GOSPEL.
The evidence of Irenæus—Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians genuine—"The Refutation of all Heresies" by Hippolytus—Justin Martyr—The internal evidence—Philo's philosophy—The doctrine of the triune nature of Jehovah—The Divinity of Christ—The Holy Spirit—The nameless, unknown author—Rénan's views in favour of the Johannine authorship—Linguistic difficulties—William Penn—The raising of Lazarus from the dead—John's memory—The Duke of Wellington—Mode of authorship—Men separated from their writings, and books without authors—The second century non-classical compared with the first—Facts make history, not history facts—The living voice rather than books the instrument for proclaiming the Gospel in the first century—The folly of ignoring Divine Revelation
CHAPTER VI.
CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE.
The Apostle John the author of the Apocalypse—Importance of the admission—The precise date of its composition—Its allegorical character—"Pilgrim's Progress" and "Paradise Lost and Regained"—The doctrines indicated in the Apocalypse—Rome the mystical Babylon—Nero Cæsar—The number of the beast—The Lord's day—Prominence of the allusion to the Lamb slain to take away sin—Paul's epistles identical in doctrine with the Apocalypse—Professor Owen—Quotation from "The Merchant of Venice"
CHAPTER VII.