It is a little remarkable, that Mr.Evanson has asserted, and has proved, the spuriosness of the Gospel ascribed to John, which Semler spared, in the general wreck which he made of the authenticity of the other books of the New Testament.

Mr.Evanson says, in his examination of it, what has been said before, that the speeches ascribed to Jesus in it, are most incoherent, contradictory, and falsified by well known facts.

And indeed the author of the book itself, sterns to be sensible of this; for he very naturally represents the Jews repeatedly accusing Jesus of being mad.

"He hath a devil, and is mad, (say they to the multitude) why hear ye him ?" and so in other places.

Mr.Evanson considers this work as the composition of a converted Platonist or of a" Platonizing Jew; the latter we think to be the most correct opinion; since it is evident that the author of that gospel had the works of Philo at his fingers' ends, which is more than can be supposed of John.