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A Fragment of antiquity, for the Christian Reader.

A description of the PERSON of JESUS, as it was found in an ancient Manuscript, sent by Publius Lentulus, President of Judea to the Senate of Rome.

There lives at this time, in Judea, a man of singular virtue, whose name is JESUS CHRIST. The barbarians esteem him a prophet, but his Followers adore him as the immediate Offspring of the immortal GOD. He is endowed with such unparalleled virtue as to call back the dead from their graves, and to heal every kind of disease with a word or a touch. His Person is tall, and elegantly shaped. His aspect is amiable and reverend. His hair flows into those beauteous shades, which no united colours can match, falling into graceful curls below his ears, agreeably touching on his shoulders, and parting on the crown of his head like the head dress of the sect of Nazarenes. His forehead is smooth and large. His cheeks without either spot, have that of a lovely red. His nose and mouth are formed with exquisite symmetry. His beard is thick and suitable to the hair of his head, reaching a little below his chin, and parted in the middle like a fork. His eyes are bright, clear and serene. He rebukes with majesty, counsels with mildness, and invites with the most tender and persuasive language. His whole address, whether in word or deed, being elegant, grave, and strictly characteristic of so exalted a Being. No man has seen him laugh, but the whole world behold him weep frequently, and so persuasive are his tears, that the multitude cannot withhold their tears from joining in sympathy with him. He is very modest, temperate, and wise. In short, whatever this Phenomenon may turn out in the end, he seems at present a Man, for excellent beauty and divine Perfections, every way surpassing the Children of Men!