in our own country? Matthew and John, and the rest of them, managed
that affair with more dexterity than the French prophets; so that the
resurrection of Jesus gained credit in the world, and the French
prophets sunk under their ridiculous pretensions. That is all the
difference.

Mr. B. Is it so? And a very wide difference, I promise you. In
one case everything happened that was proper to convince the world of
the resurrection; in the other, the event manifested the cheat: and
upon the view of these circumstances, you think it is sufficient to
say, with great coolness, That is all the difference. Why, what
difference do you expect between truth and falsehood? What
distinction _____

Judge. Gentlemen, you forget you are in a court, and are falling
into dialogue. Courts don't allow of chit-chat. Look ye, the evidence
of the resurrection of Jesus is before the court, recorded by Matthew,
Mark, and others. You must take it as it is; you can neither make it
better, or worse. These witnesses are accused of giving false
evidence. Come to the point; and let us hear what you have to offer to
prove the accusation.

Mr. B. Is it your meaning, Sir, that the objections should be
stated and argued all together, and that the answer should be to the
whole at once? or would you have the objections argued singly, and
answered separately by themselves?

Judge. I think this court may dispense with the strict forms of
legal proceeding; and therefore I leave this to the choice of the jury.