14. The Common Belief

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We shall place the grounds of the common belief before the reader, assured that these will gain rather than lose importance by being stated plainly and concisely,1 without being careful to disguise the weak side of the argument. Is not Christ's power made perfect in weakness? E. E. W.
 
1. The writer does but notice principal details in what can only be an outline. The reader desirous of filling this in should consult at least Westcott on the Canon, and for the second century in particular, papers in the Contemporary Review, from Dec. 1874 to May 1877, by Professor Lightfoot, now Bishop of Durham.) (To be continued, the Lord willing.