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1818 March 17

Not Paul. Titles of Parts and Chapters Note well the dates of these Tabular Sheets. In case of contrariety, the matter of the posterior supersedes that of the anterior.

I. Argument

Ch. 1. Introduction.

Ch. 2. Plan of the work

Ch. 3. Conversion — Paul’s account of the cause and manner of it.

Ch. 4. Conversion— Probably more correct account of the cause and manner of it.

Ch. 5. Paul disbelieved. a Paul’s account of the cause and manner of his Conversion was not credited by the Apostles or their disciples. This shewn on the occasion of his several Visits to Jerusalem.

(a) For the order proposed at the latest period to be given to the matter of this Chapter see the sheet dated 1817. Oct. 17.

Ch. 6. Motives to Paul’s Conversion: Motives by which Paul’s Conversion appears to have been produced.

Ch. 7. Paul’s Miracles. Deeds Atchievements ascribed to Paul, and supposed but erroneously to have been stated as supernatural.

This is a digression: may perhaps be omitted.

Ch. 8. Of Miracles and Quasi—Miracles: and Visions and rather of Miraculous accounts, by which a supernatural gloss has been given to natural events and states of things

I. Argument continued

This is a continuation of the digression.

Ch. 9. Of Visions and Trances.

Ch. 10. Of Paul’s Character.

N.B. His character reflects light on his style: therefore should come first.

Ch. 11. Of Paul’s Style.

Ch. 12. Causes of Paul’s Success.

II. History: viz.

History of the Church: from the termination of the Gospel accounts to that of the account given in the Acts.

The use of this, as applied to Paul’s case is to extract what there is of truth from the mixture of truth and fable contained in the Acts: and, by the exposure of the fabulous part, the more effectually to shew the untrustworthiness of it in the character of evidence in support of Paul’s pretensions to miraculous intercourse with God or Jesus.

III. Doctrine:

posting off so much as concerns the subject of Asceticism.

Of any confusion that may be found remaining in the arrangement (31 Dec 1818) the cause is this. The account of Paul’s intercourse with the Apostles &c. was in the first instance mixt up with the rest of the History, the several incidents being mentioned in the order of time. But latterly it was deemed more advisable to bring it together under one head at an earlier period: for the purpose of collecting into one body the proof of the proposition that Paul’s story of the cause of his conversion &c. never obtained credit with any of the Apostles.

II)

Of these Chapters several are divided into a number of Continuations: so that here it is the topics, not the Chapters, that are enumerated.

N o of pages 17 March 1818

Packet 1 Argum t 272

Packet 2 Argum t 163

Packet 3 Arg & Hist 275 386

Doctrine 111

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