fociety having been fo liberal, as to provide a very valuable library, which will be continually increafing, chiefly for the ufe of thofe who attend the claffes; confifting of books recommended by the minifters for that purpofe. Alfo, befides the lectures recommended in this introductory effay, I find it useful to teach fcripture geography to the younger claffes, and with the elder I fhall probably go through a short course of Jewish antiquities, ecclefiaftical history, and fuch other mifcellaneous branches of knowledge, as may be more particularly useful, to enable them to read the fcriptures with advantage.

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VOLUME I.

PART I.

OF the being and attributes of God. Page

Sec. I. Of the existence of God, and those attributes

which are deduced from his being confidered as uncaused

himself, and the cause of every thing else.

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Sec. II. Of thofe attributes of the deity which are de-

duced from the confideration of his being the original

caufe of all things.

Sec. III. Of thofe attributes of the divine being which

the confideration of his works leads us to afcribe to

him.

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Sec. IV. Of these attributes of God which are deduced
from the confideration of his power, wisdom, and
goodness jointly.

Sec. V. Of the properties of the divine goodness.

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Sec. VI. Of the Moral perfections of God deduced

CHAP. II. Of the duty, and future expectations

of mankind.

Sec. I. Of the rule of right and wrong.

45 ibid.

Sec. II. Of the different objects of pursuit, and the different paffions and affections of men corresponding to them.

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Sec. III. Of the ruling paffion, and an estimate of

the propriety and value of the different pursuits of

mankind.

$1. Of the pleasures of fenfe.

§ 2. Of the pleasures of imagination.

$3. Of felf-interest.

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§4. Of the paffions which arise from our focial

nature

$5. Of the fympathetic affections.

$6. Of the relative duties.

§ 7. Of the Theopathetic affections. § 8. Of the obligation of confcience. Sec. IV. Of the means of virtue.

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CHAP. III. Of the future expectations of man

kind

CHAP. I. Of the ftate of the heathen world. 131

Sec. I. Of the origin and corruption of natural reli-

gion in general.
132

Sec. II. Of the corruption of theology in particular. 139

Sec. III. Of the moral fentiments of the heathens, 156

Sec. IV. Of the doctrine of a future ftate among the

heathens.
171

CHAP. II. Obfervations previous to the Exami-

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nation of the proper evidences of revelation. 188

Sec. I. Of the nature and ufe of miracles. ibid.

Sec. II. Of the nature of the evidence of revelation. 192

Sec. III. Of the importance of teftimony, and the

cre libility of miracles.

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204

Sec. IV. Rules for estimating the value of human tef-

timony.

Sec. V. Of the antecedent credibility of the Jewish

and chriftian revelations.

208

CHAP. III. The evidences of the Jewish and

christian religions, derived from Testimony, and

efpecially that of its friends.

Sec. I. Of the authenticity of the books of Scripture. ib.

Sec. II. Of the evidence from teftimony in favour of

the chriftian revelation.

Sec. IV. Confiderations on the refurrection of Christ,

and other facts of a fimilar nature.

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244

Sec. V. Of the credibility of the Old Testament hif-