A VIEW OF NATURE, IN LETTERS TO A TRAVELLER AMONG THE ALPS, WITH REFLECTIONS ON ATHEISTICAL PHILOSOPHY, NOW EXEMPLIFIED IN FRANCE. BY RICHARD JOSEPH SULIVAN, Esq. F. R. S. AND F. A. S. Mala enim, et impia consuetudo est contra Deos disputandi, sive ex IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. VI. CICERO. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. BECKET, PALL MALL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, THE DUKES OF YORK AND 1794- CONTENTS. CHRISTIANITY inestimable on account of its mo- ral influence---the extent of its prevalence---circum- stances which establish its credibility---the enlightened age in which it obtained credit---The character and sufferings of its first teachers---they could have no motive to deceive mankind---their doctrine proves that they were not enthusiasts---a general expecta- tion of a great deliverer at the time of our Saviour's appearance---This event predicted by the Jewish prophets---many particulars of the gospel history confirmed by the contemporary testimony of Pagan Mr. Hume's objection against the possibility of mira- b of The doctrine of Christianity concerning a future state Moral as well as natural evil reconcileable with the goodness of God---The inequalities of the human condition levelled by the prospect of immortality--- The present restlessness of the human mind an argu- ment for a future state---the human character ex- alted by this hope---Christianity therefore a blessing ---Speculations concerning the places of future re- wards and punishments, and concerning angels or devils, useless---the notion of evil dæmons prevalent among the ancients---fear a powerful instrument in the cure both of natural and moral diseases---how |