preached the gospel to the natives of Gaul ". The divine inspiration, whether it was conveyed in the form of a waking or of a sleeping vision, is described as a favour very liberally bestowed on all ranks of the faithful, on Women as on elders, on boys as well as upon bishops, C H A P. XV. L-W THE THIRD LAUSE. Mix-aculous powers of the primitivc church. When ' that in the days of Irenaus, about the end os A noble Gre- A 77 Irenzus adv, Hsereses, I. ii. 56, 57. I. v. c. 6. Mr. Dodwell (Dissertah ad Xrenzeum, ii. 42.) concludes, that the second century was still more sertile in miracles than the first. 73 Theophilus ad Autolycum, l. i. p. 345. Edit. BenedictinParis, '742. 79 Dr. Middleton sent out his Introduction in the year 1747, published his Free Inquiry in 1749, and before his death, which happened in 1750, he had prepared a vindication of it against his numerous adversaries. Their I which, thOugh it has met with the most'favour b-'Y-sia able reception from the Public, appears to have Our per plexity in defining _ the mira culous period, \ 30 The university of' Oxford conferred degrees on his opponfm From the indignation of Mosheim (p. 221.), we may discover the - sentiments of the Lutheran divines. than |