Chapter XLIII: Conclusion (4)

GOD
a master giving laws, 261
all his reasons for giving a command must be certainly known, and
known to have passed away, before we can safely disregard it, 188
duties towards him as the Father, 194, 195
governs by mediation, 230
his government shows compassion, 233
progressive, 229
his means and ends we cannot distinguish, 228
his providence, objections to it idle, 300, 301
his reasons not assigned, 246
his will, as absolute or conditional, 261
how he would act in contingencies, unknown, [222
how to be worshipped, a pure matter of revelation, 195
instructs us by experience, 211, 246
little known, [222
not indifferent as to who suffer, 243
reveals our duties, not his plans, 246
the real author of the prophecies, 276

Good and evil unequally distributed, 248

Government of God sometimes, apparently, tardy in its results, 224, 225

Gradual growth of causes, [208

Happiness not always secured by well-laid schemes, 247

Hazard of neglecting Christianity, 262

Heathen world, condition of, 186, 250

Hieroglyphic and figurative language of Scripture, 210

Hinderances to natural and spiritual knowledge similar, 218

History
of miracles, 264
of the Jews confirmed by their condition, 289, 290
of the origin of religion, 206
furnishes no parallel to revelation, 207
prophecy is history anticipated, 281
Scripture, has not been invalidated, 283

Holy Spirit, its operations on the heart, [225

Human contrivance unequal to some things, [222

Human life, in what sense it may be called poor, 297

Human testimony, reliable notwithstanding the prevalence of
falsehood, 273

Identity of principle between natural and revealed religion, [235

Ignorance
of heathen writers, [187
of other worlds, forbids objections to Christianity on the ground
of miracles, 207
of the laws of miracles, not greater than of natural laws, 256
of the reason of our present condition, 251
much of it our own fault, 259

Imagination may fancy unreal coincidences, 293

Immorality not authorized in Scripture, 221, 222

Impassable limit to human knowledge, [223

Imperceptible accumulation of forces, [208

Imperfect knowledge, better than acting in the dark, 297

Imperfection of language, 216

Importance of revelation, CHAP. I.
an abstraction, [186
precludes the idea that the first witnesses were careless, 274

Improbability before and after an event, [207
of the Deistical theory greater than that of miracles, [206

Inadequacy of repentance, [236

Inattention to religion, real depravity, 252, 307
prevents convincement, 258

Incarnation an invisible miracle, 204
cannot be paralleled, [235

Influence of the Holy Ghost, [225
of the analogical argument, 303

Innocent sometimes suffer for the guilty, 243

Inspiration, the proper kind and extent of it not discoverable by
reason, 212
not to be interpreted like other writings, 212

Inspired writers, key to their meaning, [276
their one great scheme, [276
show a foresight more than human, 278, 279

Instruction from God to savages, [206

Intercession by the good for the bad, [232

Interest, temporal, not always apparent, 302

Interpositions of men for each other, [232

Internal improbabilities weaken external proof, 215

Interpretation of Scripture, [215

Irregularity, really no such thing, 226
whence the appearance of, 227

Irregularities of men, consequences proportioned to magnitude, 233

Irreligion an aggravated sin, 233
especially in persons in high standing, 254
not justifiable on any pretence, 256, 312

Invention an irregular way of information, 216

Invisible miracles, [204
things of God, how learned, [230

Jews
God’s dealing with them, 290
their continuance, a standing miracle, 290
their history confirmed by facts, 291
their system of Theism, [206

Jewish miracles, a part of civil history, [265

John, his allusion to Christ, in the beginning of his gospel, 282
his doctrine agrees with that of Paul, 282

Kingdom of Christ on earth, 241

Knowledge
profound, not necessary to piety, 218
scientific and religious, have the same difficulties, 218

Knowledge of Scripture, improved in the same way as knowledge of the
sciences, 218
unequally distributed, 249

Language necessarily ambiguous, 216
of the prophecies, often figurative, 210

Laplace, error of, [207

Levity destructive to religious influence, 259

Liberty
belief of our, unavoidable, 304
of the will, not discussed, _note_ 304
necessary to the progress of knowledge, 218
the principle so natural that language is formed on it, 304

Life
future, brought to light by the gospel, 190
may be taken away by command, 221
not thrown away because success is uncertain, 302
whether desirable or not, 301

Light of nature
displayed in the Scriptures, 188
does not teach our future condition, 190
favors the doctrine of a Mediator, 230
has left the greatest heathen in doubt, 186

Ludicrous turn, danger of, 259

Mahometanism not received on the footing of miracles, [268

Mahometans and ancient Persians, how situated as to revelation, 250

Man
accepted according to what he hath, 251
his circumstances no ground of complaint, 252
his obligation to study the Scriptures, 202, 262
must be renewed, 197

Manasses, prayer of, [237

Manner of worship a matter of pure revelation, 195

Martyrs
could not have been impostors, 272
had full knowledge of facts, 269, 271
the full force of their testimony, 269
their obligations to veracity, 274
were not enthusiasts, 271

Means as related to ends, 225

Mediation seen everywhere, 230
exemplified in social life, [232

Mediator,
appointment of, CHAP. V.
the notion of, natural, 230
the Scripture doctrine of, 238-240
whether one was necessary, 243
why most objected to, 243

Medium between full satisfaction of a truth and full satisfaction to
the contrary, 313

Memory, eloquence, &c. imprudently used, 217

Men apt to be deluded by pretences, 273
their conduct may be guessed at, [222

Mercy seen in the constitution of the world, 233

Messiah came at the expected time, 285
his mission, 224

Minuteness of predictions touching Christ, 207

Miracles
admitted evidence for such as are false does not impair the evidence
of Christian, 273
contrary to the course of nature?, 206
denying them leads to Atheism, [205
disorderly use of, 217
distinct reasons for them, 208
large historical evidence for their truth, 270
manner in which related, 264
no argument of analogy against them, 205-207
none parallel to those of Scripture, 207
not mere embellishments, 264
not to be compared to common events, 209
nowise incredible, 209
occasions for them likely to arise in the course of ages, 208
of the Old Testament, inseparable from history, [265
operate by general laws, 226
Pagan and Popish, were wrought _after_ those systems had obtained, 268
peculiar to the Jewish and Christian religions, 268
received as genuine from the first, 268, 269
regulated by general laws, 227
satisfactorily account for the existence of Christianity, 265
should be compared to uncommon events, 209
the credentials of Christianity, 267
the evidence of their truth at first, 249
the question of their truth only one of _degree_ in point of
evidence, 208
the only satisfactory account of some events, 265
the real nature of presumptions against them, 208
the term a relative one, 205
their direct proof of Christianity, 264
their evidence the same as that for common facts, 264
their force as proofs, 189
visible and invisible, 204, [204
what evidence arises from their having been accepted as true by the
first Christians, 268
writers upon, [264, 268

Miraculous power
creation not properly an act of, 205
misused by some, 217, 267
pretences of, have deluded some, 273
why bestowed, 190

Misconduct creates need of assistance, 235

Mistake of some of Hume’s opponents, 207

Mistakes of philosophers dangerous, [230
of transcribers, &c., 228

Modern geology, lesson from, [229

Moral action, the nature of, 261
an action becomes such by command, [221

Moral duties. See _Positive_.

Moral faculty, its object, 305

Moral government. See _Government_.

Moral precepts. See _Positive_.

Moral system revealed to mankind, 190

Morality of Scripture, reason a judge of, 220

Mysteries to be expected in revelation, 223, 224
as many in nature as in Scripture, 246

Mystery of godliness, 225

Mythological writings resemble prophecy, 276

Narratives of Scripture unadorned, 228

Natural consequences of vice are judicial punishments, 197
and spiritual things analogous in importance, 219
endowments often abused, 217

Natural light compared to revelation, 218

Natural religion
and revealed, coincide, 211
as much perverted as Christianity, 192
could not have been reasoned out, 192
discloses no Redeemer, [194
its ethics and objects distinguished, [194
its light wholly insufficient, 187
might be authenticated by miracles, 190
moral system of, 187
taught and confirmed by Christianity, 188, 286, 292
what it does not teach, [190, 194

Nature carried on by uniform laws, 226
implies the agency of God, 231
its light insufficient, 186

Nature and obligation of sacraments, _note_ 195

Necessity of revelation, [186

Negligence prevents the recognition of truth, 258
wholly inexcusable, 197

Obedience from dread, [301
or disobedience, an important matter, 188
to a positive rite, especially indicative of piety, 199

Objections
to certain precepts of Scripture, as immoral, 221
to prophecy, from its obscurity, 275
to revelation, are of equal weight against natural religion, 97
to the analogical argument, as such, CHAP. VIII.
to the distribution of good and evil, 248-250
to the doctrine of mediation, CHAP. V.
to the evidence for miracles, CHAP. II.
to the unequal distribution of religious knowledge, 249

Objections to Christianity
as a matter of fact, 301
as a remedial system, [193, 219
as a roundabout, perplexed contrivance, 228
as deficient in point of truth, 247
as a scheme, 209
as mysterious, [223
as to its wisdom and goodness, CHAP. IV.
as unimportant, CHAP. I.
atonement makes the innocent suffer for the guilty, 227, 243
contains things unlike the course of nature, 204
does not remove difficulties, [223
has been perverted, 192
has been productive of evils, 192
has internal improbabilities, 225-227
disclosed to the world so recently, 219
disorderly use of miraculous gifts, 227
has small influence, 192, 303
if true would not be left doubtful, 299
is not satisfactory, 260, 261
its doctrine of mediation, CHAP. V.
its external proof weakened by internal improbabilities, 215
its lack of evidence, CHAP. VI.
its late introduction, 219
may be advanced flippantly, but cannot be so answered, 295
natural things too unimportant to furnish analogies in its favor, 219
not just and good, CHAP. IV.
not necessary, 147
not universal, CHAP. VI., 248
slowly developed, 219
some of its precepts immoral, 221
sufficiency of natural religion, 187
vicarious sufferings, 245

Obligation arises from the bare supposableness of Christianity, 253, 262

Obligations to God arising out of relationship, 196

Obscurity in part of a prophecy, does not impair the evidence of
foresight, 275

Offenders often shielded by friends, [232

Offices of Christ as a mediator, 238-240

Opinions must be distinguished from facts, 270

Ordinary rules of interpretation, [215

Pagan and Popish miracles easily accounted for, 268

Parables show what the author intended, 276

Partial views give an appearance of wrong, 309

Passion hinders correct judgment, 259

Paul, his separate testimony, 266
how he received the gospel, 267
summary of his testimony, 267

Perfection of religion, what? CHAP. VIII.

Persons for whom this treatise is written, 309

Philosophy, its true mode of proceeding, [230

Piety superior to ritual observances, 201

Pleasures and pains, which overbalance? 301

Political events, how mentioned in Scripture, 282

Popish doctrine of a miracle at the Eucharist, [204

Popular conversational objections, 295

Porphyry’s mode of interpretation frivolous, _note_ 279
objections to the book of Daniel, 279

Positive evidence of Christianity, CHAP. VII.

Positive institutions
belong to the notion of a church, 192
lay us under the strictest obligation, 202
means to moral ends, 199
men disposed to depend on them, 200
necessary to keep up and propagate religion, 246
not to be made light of, 201
not to supersede moral obedience, 200
the reason of them often obvious, 198
two modes of viewing them, 198

Positive precepts compared with moral, 198, 201
create moral obligations, 221

Power of healing, [217

Practice should be influenced by probability, 254

Predictions of Christ very numerous and minute, 207, 208

Prejudice a hinderance to knowledge, 258
a mark of weakness, 280
as hostile to truth as enthusiasm, 272
operates contrary ways, 294

Preservation of the Jews as a distinct race, 291

Presumptions
against miracles, 205
against revelation as miraculous, CHAP. II.
none against the _general scheme_ of Christianity, 203
none peculiar to miracles, 207
strong, overcome by weak proof, 207, [207

Priesthood of Christ, 238
Jewish, typical of Christ, 239

Principles argued upon in this treatise, 304

Progressions in our existence, 229

Progress in theology probable, [218

Probable proofs, by being added, not only increase evidence, but
multiply it, 294

Probability should influence practice, 254

Profane history corroborates Scripture statements, 287

Proofs of Christianity
a touchstone of honesty, [259
level to common men, 260
some important ones omitted in this treatise, and why, 304
why not more plain, 261

Prophecy
a joint review of prophecies furnishes a far stronger proof than
examination in detail, 294
a series of, being applicable to certain events, is proof that it
was intended of them, 276
compared to compiled memoirs, 278
created the expectation of a Messiah, 284
confirmed by appearances, 292
evidence from, 275
expressed in figurative language, 275
how understood by ancient Jews, 277
in relation to the Jews, 284
is history anticipated, 281
its obscurity, 275
its proofs amazingly strong, [207
may not _always_ have been understood by the writer, 278
proves foresight, 276, 279
sometimes obscured by interpreters, 210
summary of, concerning Christ, 284
use of, to future ages, 249
writers upon, 277, 285

Prophet, Christ a, 240

Prophets
not the _authors_ of what they wrote, 278
their sense of their predictions not necessarily the whole
sense, 278
whether they had in view the events which Christians consider
fulfilments, 277

Proverbial, use of the word, 201

Providence, never hasty, [229
objections to it useless, 300, 301
the course of, progressive, 229

Province of reason, 220

Prudence, its best plans often frustrated, 247
often requires us to act with uncertain prospect of success, 247, 248

Punishment
follows wickedness, _of course_, 231
instances of vicarious, 244
not always avoided by reformation, 235
not promiscuously inflicted, 243
provision made for escaping it, 232, 311
we cannot of ourselves escape it, 234
we cannot know why such and such are inflicted, 231

Quotations
Angus, [202, 223
Augustine, _note_ 187
Arnobius, [269
Clemens Romanus, [266
Davidson, [294
Fitzgerald, [303
Grotius, [259
Guizot, [229
Hurd, [276
Dr. Johnson, [288
Mahomet, [268
Powell, [230
Warburton, [217, 223
Whately, [206

Rashness of interpreters, 210
of treating religion lightly, 197

Reason
could not have invented Christianity, 206
could not ascertain the power of penitence, 194
discovers our relation to God the Father, 194
but not our relation to the Son and Holy Ghost, 194, 196
its limits very narrow, [223
its proper province, 220
must have right principles, 220
needs the aid of experience in judging of the consequences of
actions, 246
not sufficient to construct a system of natural religion free
from superstition, 186
our only faculty for judging even revelation, 210
requires the importance of a question to be taken into account, 295
teaches nothing of the certain means of either temporal or spiritual
good, 197
very incompetent to judge what a revelation ought to be, 210-212

Reasoning by analogy to any extent, leaves the mind unsatisfied, 296

Redemption
agreeable to our natural notions, 235
analogous to natural remedies, 232
conjectures about it must be uncertain, 242
mode of, not discoverable by reason, 243
men not competent judges of its plan, 243
on whom are its benefits, _note_ 237
Scripture account of, 239, 240
we should be thankful for it, without disputing how it was
procured, 242

References to other authors
Alexander, [269
Apthorpe, [285
Bayle, [301
Benson, [215
Birk, [266
Blaney, [285
Blunt, [266
Bolingbroke, [265
Boswell, [288
Boyle, [264
Butler, [190, 272
Campbell, [264
Celsus, [287
Chalmers, [187, 194, 242
Colliber, 195
Damascenus, [287
Davidson, [285
Diodorus Siculus, [287
Eupolemus, [287
Featley, [215
Fitzgerald, [193, 206, 207
Fleetwood, [264
Fuller, [285
Gibbon, [268
Graves, [266
Grotius, [266
Gulick, [277
Hengstenburg, [277
Horseley, [277
Howe, [236
Hurd, [285
Jortin, [264, 285
Julian, [257
King, [215, 277
Lardner, [264
Leland, [187
Longinus, [287
Lyall, [277
McCosh, [187
Mackintosh, [223
Magee, [236, 242
Manasses, [237
Menander, [287
Michaelis, [215
Mills, [207
Newman, [235
Numenius, [287
Owen, [242
Paley, [205, 266, 268
Pascal, [187, 223
Pfaffius, [264
Phlegon, [287
Phœnician Annals, [287
Pliny, [287
Porphyry, 279, [287
Samuel Stanhope Smith, [206
Solinus, [287
Spinoza, [215
Stapfer, [242
Storr, [215
Strabo, [287
Suetonius, [287
Tacitus, [287
Taylor, [264
Tindall, [196, 248
Tucker, [264
Turretin, [242
Vitringa, [276
Warburton, [187
Waterland, [195
Watson, [264
Waugh, [277, 285
Wayland, [188, 236
Whately, [206, 268, 288
Witsius, [264

Reformation does not always preclude punishment, 235

Regard due to the Son and Holy Spirit, 195

Regard to God as Creator, the essence of natural religion, 195

Rejection of Christ by many, at first, the argument from it, [269
foretold, 285

Relations, being learned, duties are perceived, 194

Relations of man to Deity, 194
to the Son and Holy Ghost, 195

Religion
a practical thing, 298
a question of fact, 301, 304
affords particular reasons for miracles, 208
confirmed by the establishment of a church, 191
considered as external and internal, 195
doubt of its evidence does not release from moral obligation, 254
has its end on all persons to whom proposed, 303, [303
if true, why susceptible of any possible doubt? 299
its acceptance safe, 295
its general spirit intimated, 200, 201
its great importance, 254
its introduction into the world, 206
its reasonableness fully shown, if it can only be proved that it _may_
be reasonable, 301
its very nature overlooked by those who insist that it should have
overwhelming evidence, 302
may be true, though doubtful, 299
must be judged by its evidences _taken together_, 294
not a thing reasoned out, 206
not equally taught to all men, 206
objections to it removed by analogy, 300
presupposes candor in those who examine it, 256, 302, [303
reason may judge of its morality, 220
reasonable, for aught which can be shown to the contrary, 301
the perception of, 302
the view of it taken in this treatise, 299
the evidence for it may be lessened, but cannot be destroyed, 295
why its evidences are allowed to admit of doubt, 249, 253, 299

Relief for evils provided, 232

Remedial nature of Christianity, [193

Remedies
provided in nature, 219, 232
may be unskilfully used, 220
show the compassion of God, 233
and also his strictness, 234

Repentance
cannot cancel guilt, 236, [236
general sense of mankind on the subject, 236
its efficacy not taught by natural religion, [190
its efficacy taught in the Scriptures, 190
not sufficient to preclude disaster, 234, 235

Revelation
a particular part of a great plan, 224
accounts for the Theism of the Jews, [206
at the beginning of the world, would not be miraculous, 205
cannot be neglected with impunity, 260-262
considered as miraculous, CHAP. II.
considered historically, 281
difference between its facts and its principles, [235
discovers new relations, and so new duties, 194
distinguished from natural religion, 195
does not compel assent, 253
has twice been universal, [248
how it could be overturned, 214
its disclosures, of course, could not have been anticipated, 211, 212
its measure of evidence puts us on probation, 253
its facts necessarily singular, [235
no more different from the course of nature than some parts of the
course of nature are different from other parts, 312
necessary, CHAP. I.
republishes and confirms natural religion, 188, 189
nothing incredible in it, 271
teaches that God’s laws are compassionate, 236
the use of unwritten revelation, 213
what is to be expected in revelation, 210, 212

Reverence for the will of God, [199

Ridicule of Scripture
an offence against natural piety, 286
easier than examination, 259
the great weakness of being influenced by it, 280

Roman Empire mentioned, 279

Rules for health very fallible and inexact, 302
of Biblical interpretation, [215

Sacrifices
commanded, 241
expiatory, 239
how the ancients regarded them, 242
learned by the heathen from tradition, 241
really efficacious, 242
the prevalence of, 236

Sacrifice of Christ
an objection to it, 243
_how_ efficacious, not taught, 242
proper and real, 239-241
puts us into a capacity for salvation, 242
voluntary, 244

Safety an important consideration in judging, 294

Satirical writings, how understood, 276, 277

Scheme of nature, vast, 204
progressive, 229

Scheme of providence, if understood, would justify facts which are
objected to, 300

Schemes, the best may be disconcerted, 247

Science confirms Scripture history, 287

Scorn of prophetic diction, 210

Scripture
announces a general restoration of things, 282
antiquity of, 287
characters evidently not feigned, 287
confirmed by profane authors, 288
confirmed by the state of the earth, 287
considered historically, 281
contains an abridged history of the world, 282
exposed to criticism, 283
expounded by itself, [202
gives a history of this world as God’s world, 281
gives an account of civil governments only as they affected
religion, 282
has internal evidence of truth, 287
history genuine, 265
how distinguished from other books, 281-283
how to be interpreted, [202
if false could be shown to be so, 283
includes a history of thousands of years, 283
includes the chronology of nearly four thousand years, 284
its authority the great question, not its contents, 214
its chronicles confirmed by history, 287
its evidences comprise a series of things of great variety and reaching
to the beginning of time, 263
its evidences not intended to be overpowering, 253
its great proofs are miracles and prophecy, 264
its relation to miracles only to be accounted for on the supposition
of their truth, 265
its strangeness not surprising, 288
its style objected to, 210
its truth must be judged of by the evidence _taken together_, 295
may contain things not yet discovered, 218
miracles, their first reception, 265
naturalness of its statements, 287
not composed by rules of art, 210
nothing improbable related in any part, 287
not to be judged by preconceived expectation, 215
not to be judged exactly as other books, 214
ordinary rules of interpretation, [215
our duty to search it, 202, 262
precepts, some give offence, 210
reveals our relation to the Son and Holy Spirit, 194
the possibility of its truth demands investigation, 258
truths not discoverable by reason, 203
variety of topics introduced, 283
written in a rude age, 283
why it describes creation, 282

Searching the Scriptures a great duty, 202

Self-deceit, our liability to it, 262

Serious apprehension may comport with doubt, 313

Shameful mistakes of philosophers, [230

Similarity of objections to religion and nature, 298

Sincerity of belief proved by dying for it, 270

Skepticism no justification of irreligion, 253

Sorrow cannot of itself restore abused benefits, 234

Speaking with tongues, [217

Speculative difficulties similar to external temptations, 256
the chief trial of some, 257, 259

Spread of Christianity unaccountable if it were an imposture, 290

Standing ministry, what for, [191

Strangeness of some Scripture events, 288

Stupidity of the martyrs, if insincere, [269

Subserviences, the world a system of, 229

Success, temporal, always uncertain, 302

Suffering, ignorance does not prevent it either in temporal or spiritual
things, 196

Sufferings of Christ vindicate God’s law, 244
of the early Christians, 269

Sufficiency of light of nature pretended, 186

Summary of Jewish history, 284
of the historical evidence of Scripture, 292

Supernatural instructions necessary from the first, [206

Temporal interests not always discerned, 247, 248
managed by prudent persons on the very principles proposed by religion
as to spiritual interests, 298, 299

Temporal interests often decided by considerations which fall short of
demonstration, 299

Temporary commands, distinguished from perpetual, [188

Temptation
a wholesome discipline, 256
earthly and spiritual similar, 256
calls forth virtuous effort, 257

Testimony
can be destroyed only by counter-testimony, or by the incompetency of
the witness, 274
for miracles not mentioned in Scripture, does not impair the testimony
for those there recorded, 273
of Paul, separate and independent, 266
of profane authors to the truth of Scripture history, [287
of the first Christians, 269, 271
must be judged candidly, [259
none counter to Christianity, 275
slight, overcomes strong presumptions, 208
unconfuted, must be admitted, 273
value of, lessened by enthusiasm, 271

Theism of the Jews accounted for, [206

Theology of the Bible, not to be corrected, [202

Things which it is unreasonable to dispute, 307

Thoughtlessness of men, 233

Tradition teaches that there was a revelation at the beginning, 205
of the fall of man, 311

Transubstantiation, [205

Trial by speculative difficulties, analogous to other trials, 256

True philosophy inductive, [230

Truth of Christianity proved, unless the whole of its history and
influence can be accounted for by accident, 295

Truth, how developed, [218
the, of an event may be fully proved, though no _one_ of sundry proofs
may be complete, 295
whether there is any such thing, denied by skeptics, 305

Twofold effect of the analogical argument, 305

Unbelievers, acknowledgment of, 289
cannot deny a conformity between prophecy and events, 293

Understanding, its right use, 245

Undesigned coincidences in Bible history, [266

Undeterminate language deceives many, 297

Unequal distribution of religious knowledge, 249

Unfair dealing of objectors, 297

Unreasonableness of applying to passion for guidance, 295

Unsatisfactory evidence, men often obliged to act upon it, 302

Variety in the distribution of God’s gifts, 249, 312

Vastness of the scheme of nature, 204

Veracity of the first Christians, 274

Vicarious punishments witnessed every day, 244
deter from sin, 245

Vice
appointed to be punished, 231
blinds men to just evidence, 255
its effects in the present world, 234
its natural consequences are God’s judicial inflictions, 197
its real enormity, 234
not palliated by any supposed lack of evidence for religion, 255

Vindication of religion by analogy impossible, 296
of the character of God, not attempted in this treatise, 299, 300

Way of salvation for the helpless, [186

Will of GOD, as absolute or conditional, 261

World, wickedness of, 238

Worship, mode of, a matter of pure revelation, 195

Writers
on the atonement, [242
Christian sacraments, [195
miracles, [264, 268
necessity of revelation, [187
prophecy, [277-285
Scripture difficulties, [215
undesigned coincidences, [266

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