Excerpt from Natural Laws and Gospel TeachingsIn the New Testament we have four distinct narratives of the Life of the great teacher, Jesus of Nazareth. These were written by four different authors, each of whom professes to give, to the extent of his plan and purpose in writing, a true account of his birth and parentage, habits and character, teachings and miracles, sufferings and death.No records, no writings of any character, ancient or modern, have been so closely studied or been subjected to such varied and severe criticism as have these four brief biographies. The ordeal through which they have passed is without a parallel in the history of literature. Nothing that is embraced in them, nothing that is connected with them, has escaped the most searching scrutiny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.