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Genre/Form: | Early works Early works to 1800 Ouvrages avant 1800 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph Butler; Joseph Cummings |
ISBN: | 1596053062 9781596053069 |
OCLC Number: | 126846206 |
Description: | 395 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Sketch of Joseph Butler -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Of natural religion : ch. 1. Of a future life -- ch. 2. Of the government of God by rewards and punishments, and particularly of the latter -- ch. 3. Of the moral government of God -- ch. 4. Of a state of probation, as implying trial, difficulties, and danger -- ch. 5. Of a state of probation, as intended for moral discipline and improvement -- ch. 6. Of the opinion of necessity, considered as influencing practice -- ch. 7. Of the government of God, considered as a scheme or constitution, imperfectly comprehended -- Conclusion -- pt. 2. Of revealed religion : ch. 1. Of the importance of Christianity -- ch. 2. Of the supposed presumption against a revelation, considered as miraculous -- ch. 3. Of our incapacity of judging what were to be expected in a revelation; and the credibility, from analogy, that it must contain things appearing liable to objections -- ch. 4. Of Christianity, considered as a scheme or constitution, imperfectly comprehended -- ch. 5. Of the particular system of Christianity; the appointment of a mediator, and the redemption of the world by him -- ch. 6. Of the want of universality in revelation; and of the supposed deficiency in the proof of it -- ch. 7. Of the particular evidence for Christianity -- ch. 8. Of the objections which may be made against arguing from the analogy of nature to religion -- Conclusion -- Dissertations -- Index. |
Series Title: | Cosimo classics. |
Responsibility: | Joseph Butler ; edited by Joseph Cummings. |
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