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BEING A
COPIOUS SELECTION
OF
INSTRUCTIVE, MORAL, AND ENTERTAINING
PASSAGES,
FROM THE MOST EMINENT
PROSE WRITERS.
VOLUME I.
BOOK I. II.
RELIGIOUS.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR SHARPE AND HAILES,
PICCADILLY.
1812.
WHITTINGHAM AND ROWLAND, PRINTERS, GOSWELL-STREET, LONDON.
....
Bp. Watson.
Anonymous.
David.
9
The heavens declare a Deity
A Deity proved from the creation and preservation of the world, and the general consent of mankind.. Gilpin. ib.
Objections to the being of a 'God refuted. Bp. Watson. 15
Persian fable in illustration of the being of a God.
Bp. Watson. 19
Historical proof of the being of a God Bp. Watson. 21
Creation, a proof of the divine goodness Blair. 25
The divine goodness apparent in the adaptation of the
earth to man
Further proof of the divine goodness in the scale of
beings
Bounty of God in the economy of vegetable propaga- tion... Barrow's Voyage. 36
Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity.. Spectator. 37
Providence proved from animal instinct
Goldsmith. 28
....... Spectator. 32
Spectator. 43
God's government of the world as certain as his creating.
it...
Conduct of Providence, however mysterious, is wise and
just
On the immortality of the soul..
Argument for a future state from analogy
Balguy. 48
Blair. 51
Spectator. 55
Dr. Tottie. 59
Argument for a future state from tradition .. Dr. Tottie. 61
Our imperfect knowledge of a future state suited to the
condition of man..
Of revelation...
.....
Blair. 63
Dryden. 68
Hallifax. 70
The book of revelation to be studied in the same manner
as the volume of creation.
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Page
Degree of evidence that ought to be expected in matters
of revealed religion.. ... Whiston. 72
Reason for believing the volume of revelation to be true.
Whiston. 78
Instructive epitome of the Old Testament.... Phillips. 80
Antiquity and value of the book of Genesis. Bp. Watson. 82
Proofs of the divine legation of Moses .... Lord Forbes. 84
That the legation of Moses could not have been forged.
Lord Forbes. 91
The Mosaic account of the origin of mankind, and of the
deluge, confirmed by reason and history. Sir W. Jones. 95-
Difficulties in the history of the Old Testament, no argu
ment against its authenticity.. Bp. Watson. 100
Connection of the Old Testament with the New, in the
prophecy of the Messiah..
Anecdote of a learned Rabbi, confirming the
the Messiah
Historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived
author of a new religion
Gilpin. 102
prophecy of
Bp. Watson. 104.
and was the
Gilpin. ib.
Bp. Watson. 105.
Bp. Taylor. 107
Force of the argument from prophecy
Very little required to prove the truth of the Christian re-
ligion
The divine mission of Jesus verified by three most singu-
lar and incontestible facts...
The apparent unsuitableness of the means to the end, in
the establishment of Christianity, a proof of its divinity.
Paley. 109.
Bp. Taylor. 114
The speedy propagation of the gospel, supernatural and
miraculous
Atterbury. 116
Fenelon. 117
Gilpin. 118
Proof, in the manner of an alibi, of the resurrection of Je-
sus ...
Paul a proper witness of the resurrection
Of faith in testimony
...
Bp. Watson. 122
Bp. Watson, 123
Beattie. 124
The power of working miracles, the proper accompani-
ment of a divine revelation
... Sherlock. 126
Credibility of miracles, as supporting revelation.
Dr. Beattie. 129
Crechbility of miracles from human testimony.
Bp. Watson. 131
The state of idolatry, and the conduct of Socrates and
other wise men respecting it, a proof of the necessity
of revelation Sherlock. 133
Modern argument for the truth of Christianity, in the
want of success of our Christian missionaries.. Puley. 138