Excerpt from The New Trial of the Witnesses, or the Resurrection of Jesus: Considered, on Principles Understood and Acknowledged Equally by Jews and Christians
However, not to insist upon these minute differences, as it is of little importance for us to enquire from what partien lar spot Jesus ascended into heaven, provided the fact be proved by a suficient number of credible witnesses. I beg once more to observe, that the testimony of Matthew and John, is the chief thing we ought to attend to, as no other could be received in a Court of justice; and that they should be silent Upon the subject, is certainly very remarkable. If they saw him ascend into heaven, they could not omit to mention it, the omission, as we said before, would be very culpable; and if this argument appears of great weight in the case of Lazarus, how infinitely more important does it not appear, when applied to Christ's ascension into heaven? Besides, is it possible that Matthew and John, who were eye witnesses.
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