The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature
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- To which are added two brief dissertations: I. On personal identity. II. On the nature of virtue
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1. Front matter2. Editor’s Introduction3. Editor’s Preface.4. Conspectus of the Author’s Introduction.5. CHAPTER I. A FUTURE LIFE.6. CHAPTER II. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD BY REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.7. CHAPTER III. MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD.8. CHAPTER IV. OF A STATE OF PROBATION.9. CHAPTER V. PROBATION INTENDED FOR MORAL DISCIPLINE AND IMPROVEMENT.10. CHAPTER VI. OF NECESSITY AS INFLUENCING CONDUCT.11. CHAPTER VII. DIVINE GOVERNMENT A SCHEME IMPERFECTLY COMPREHENDED.12. CHAPTER I. IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY.13. CHAPTER II. PRESUMPTIONS AGAINST A REVELATION, CONSIDERED AS MIRACULOUS.14. CHAPTER III. OUR INCAPACITY OF JUDGING WHAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN A REVELATION FROM GOD.15. CHAPTER IV. CHRISTIANITY A SCHEME IMPERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD.16. CHAPTER V. OF A MEDIATOR, AND REDEMPTION BY HIM.17. CHAPTER VI. SUPPOSED LACK OF PROOF OF REVELATION, AND ITS WANT OF UNIVERSALITY.18. I. Men act in their most important concerns on doubtful evidence.19. CHAPTER VII. POSITIVE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY.20. CHAPTER VIII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE ANALOGICAL ARGUMENT.21. Advertisement prefixed to the First Edition.22. INTRODUCTION.23. CHAPTER I. A FUTURE LIFE.[27]24. CHAPTER II. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD BY REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.25. CHAPTER III.[59] THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD.26. CHAPTER IV. PROBATION, AS IMPLYING TRIAL, DIFFICULTIES, AND DANGER.[84]27. CHAPTER V. PROBATION, AS INTENDED FOR MORAL DISCIPLINE AND IMPROVEMENT.28. CHAPTER VI. THE OPINION OF NECESSITY, CONSIDERED AS INFLUENCING PRACTICE.29. CHAPTER VII. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD, CONSIDERED AS A SCHEME OR CONSTITUTION, IMPERFECTLY COMPREHENDED.30. CHAPTER I. THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY.[137]31. CHAPTER II. SUPPOSED PRESUMPTION AGAINST A REVELATION CONSIDERED AS MIRACULOUS.32. CHAPTER III. OUR INCAPACITY OF JUDGING, WHAT WERE TO BE EXPECTED IN A REVELATION; AND THE CREDIBILITY, FROM ANALOGY, THAT IT MUST CONTAIN THINGS LIABLE TO OBJECTIONS.33. CHAPTER IV. CHRISTIANITY, CONSIDERED AS A SCHEME OR CONSTITUTION, IMPERFECTLY COMPREHENDED.34. CHAPTER V. THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM OF CHRISTIANITY; THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEDIATOR, AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD BY HIM.35. CHAPTER VI. THE WANT OF UNIVERSALITY IN REVELATION; AND THE SUPPOSED DEFICIENCY IN THE PROOF OF IT.36. CHAPTER VII. THE PARTICULAR EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY.37. CHAPTER VIII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST ARGUING FROM THE ANALOGY OF NATURE, TO RELIGION.38. DISSERTATIONS.39. INDEX TO PART I.40. INDEX TO PART II.