Excerpt from Lectures in Divinity, Vol. 3: Delivered in the University of Cambridge If Paul was the author, why did he not put his nufuaf He might have good reafons unknown to us, and it would have been abfurd for him to afiign reafons why he did not own him feif to be the author, that would have been own ing himfelf to be fo, in other words. - Then he was the Apol'tle of the Gentiles; and the lews were much prejudiced Y againl't him: perhaps as an Apoi'tate. He wrote indeed to converts; but Chriltian converts could retain Jewith prejudices; - his reafoning with them Ihews, that he was obliged to turn their own arms againl't them, which is a fort of hol'tile treatment. - In this Epiltle, he lowers the value of judaifm, making it only ih troductory and temporary; whereas many, even Chrifiians, wanted to make it perpetual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.