The Miraculous Conception / Or, The Divinity of Jesus Christ Considered as the Foundation of the Christian Religion

by Peter Annet

THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION:

OR, THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST
CONSIDERED AS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

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MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION

There are two accounts of the miraculous conception, one in the gospel according to St. Matthew, the other in the gospel according to St. Luke. In both these accounts there are several collateral circumstances which are here printed from the approved version, but the examination is intended to be confined as closely as possible to those parts only which relate to the miraculous conception, and, consequently, to the supposed divinity of Jesus Christ. That the Christian reader may see nakedly, and without disguise, the grounds of his faith.

The story in St. Matthew is as follows:—

CHAP. I.

"18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: when as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

"19. Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.