THE

RELIGIOUS WORLD

DISPLAYED;

OR,

A VIEW

OF THE

FOUR GRAND SYSTEMS OF RELIGION,
JUDAISM, PAGANISM, CHRISTIANITY,

AND MOHAMMEDISM;

AND OF THE

VARIOUS EXISTING DENOMINATIONS, SECTS AND
PARTIES, IN THE CHRISTIAN WOrld.

TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,

A VIEW OF

DEISM AND ATHEISM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY THE

REV. ROBERT ADAM, B. a. OXFORD;

MINISTER OF THE EPISCOPAL CONGREGATION, BLACKFRIAR'S WYND,
EDINBURGH; AND CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF KELLIE.

Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

VOL. I.

1 THESSAL. 5. v. 21.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.

FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOS-
TER ROW, LONDON;

AND SOLD BY WILLIAM LAING, JOHN ANDERSON,
AND S. CHEYNE, EDINBURGH.

"We have, I verily believe, in our country, the best establishment of Christianity, in doctrine and discipline, and the most conducive to every good purpose of society; but yet it ⚫ behoves us to look impartially into the different controversies and opinions, and Confessions of Faith."-Archbishop DRUMMOND's Letter on Theol. Study, subjoined to his Sermons, 8vo.

1803.

M Bindory AUG 20 64

SENIOR MINISTER OF THE EPISCOPAL CONGREGA-
TION, BLACKFRIAR'S WYND, EDINBURGH;

WHO,

THROUGH A LIFE PROLONGED FOR VALUABLE PURPOSES,

AND THROUGH THE VARIOUS FORTUNES OF THE CHURCH

TO WHICH HE BELONGED,

CONTINUING EVER FAITHFULLY AND ZEALOUSLY

TO EXERCISE PIETY TOWARDS GOD,

AND CHARITY TOWARDS MAN,

died on the 27th of august, a. D. 1809,

IN THE 89TH YEAR OF HIS AGE,

AND THE 22D OF HIS EPISCOPATE,
FULL OF YEARS AND OF HONOUR ;

THIS WORK

IS INSCRIBED

BY THE AUTHOR,

WITH FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE,

WITH THE AFFECTION OF A SON,

AND WITH THE VENERATION DUE

ΤΟ

AGE, CHARACTER, AND WORTH.