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REGARDING RELIGION:

AND

THOUGHTS ON PRAYER

AT

THE PRESENT TIME.

BY JAMES DOUGLAS, Esq.

NEW YORK:
JONATHAN LEAVITT;

BOSTON:
CROCKER & BREWSTER,

Sieight & Robinson, Printers,

No. 26 William Street.

1. Fragments of the True Religion among the Heathen.—2.

Worship of the Visible Heavens and of the Elements.–3.

Worship of Deceased Ancestors.-4. Complex and Mytholo-

gical Worship.—. External Polytheism and Internal Mys-

teries.-6. Outer and Inner Philosophy.—7. Emanation and

Pantheism.-8. The World by Wisdom knew not God.-9.

The True Notion of Creation peculiar to the Hebrew Scrip-

tures.

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Disputes and Divisions.-7. Corruptions from Gentile Philo-

phy.-8. Corruptions from Gentile Superstition.-9. Pre-

tenders to an additional Revelation-10. Mahommedanism 37

PART III.

POPERY.

1. Partial and General Corruption of Christianity.—2. Changes

of the Primitive Churches.-3. The Power of the Bishop of

Rome.-4. Assimilation of Christianity to Judaism and Pa-

ganism.-5. Final Identity of Paganism and Popery.–6.

Popery contains a part of many Ancient Heresies.—7. Absur-
dity of Popery impossible to be concealed.-8. Popery a gross
counterfeit of true Religion.--9. Persecutions of Pagan
and Papal Rome.-10. Popes and Emperors of Rome.-11.
Popery as described by Revelation.-12. Destruction of Po-
pery

PART IV.

MYSTICISM.

1. As Popery proceeds from Polytheism, so Mysticism froma

Pantheism.2. Mysticism flourishing in the East.–3. Mys-

ticism less prevalent in the West.–4. Pantheistic Mysticism.

-5. Emanative Mysticism.-6. Devotional Mysticism.—7.

Mysticism now rather practical than speculative.-8. Mys-

ticism natural to the mind.-9. Its near resemblance to Truth,

and its essential difference.-10. Mysticism first favourable

to the Reformation of Religion, then adverse

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