Excerpt from Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, Vol. 2: Containing the Evidences of the Jewish and Christian Revelations A'n eyey on the enology there is hetween the methods hy which the perfet'tion and hopping} of men are promoted according to the clzfiben jetions of notnrezl and revealed religion. Thefe, I have there endeavoured to lhew, are exceedingly fimilar, the [immediate oh jeet in both being a gradual extenfion of the views, and an enlargement of the com prehenfion of the human mind. This, how ever, is not a confideration on which Ido not lay fo much firefs as to think it proper to introduce it into thefe Institutes. It is ac knowledged not to be fu 'icient to produce convietion in the minds of unbelievers, but it is hoped that it exhibits fuch a prefnmp tive argument in favour of the fcheme of revelation, as is calculated to give fome ad's ditional fatisfae'tion to thofe who are already the lovers and friends of revealed religion 5 though to perfons who have na a philofo phical turn of mind, it may leem to be too abi'trufe, and to have too much refinement in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."