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ON

RELIGION,

AND OTHER IMPORTANT SUBJECTS;

RECENTLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

OF

BLAISE PASCAL..

WITH

MEMOIRS

OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

BY THE TRANSLATOR.

SECOND EDITION.

London:

PRINTED FOR SAMUEL BAGSTER, No. 81, STRAND.

sotheran

1-10-24
9393

CONTENTS.

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81

95

LIFE OF PASCAL, by the Translator

CHAP. I. On the Indifference of Atheists

II. The Characters of True Religion
III. The True Religion proved, by the Contra-
rieties which are discoverable in Man,

and by Original Sin

109

IV. It is not incredible that God should unite
Himself to us -

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125

V. The proper Submission and Use of Reason 123
VI. Faith without reasoning
VII. That there is more Advantage in believing
than in disbelieving the Christian Reli-
gion

VIII. Description of a Man who has wearied
himself with searching after God by Rea-

soning alone, and who is now beginning
to read the Scriptures -

IX. The Unrighteousness and Depravity of

Man

127 L

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X. The Jews

XI. Moses

XII. Figures -

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XV. The Evidences of Jesus Christ from the

Prophecies

178

CHAP.XVI. Various Proofs of Jesus Christ

XVII. Against Mahomet

XVIII. The Design of God in concealing himself
from some, and revealing himself to

others

XIX. That True Christians and True Jews have
but one and the same Religion

XX. That God cannot be savingly known but
through Jesus Christ -

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XXI. The surprising Contrarieties in the Nature

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of Man, with regard to Truth, Happi-
ness, and various other Things

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XXII. The General Knowledge of Man

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XXIII. The Greatness of Man
XXIV. The Vanity of Man
XXV. The Weakness of Man
XXVI. The Misery of Man
XXVII. Thoughts on Miracles

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XXVIII. Christian Reflections

XXIX. Moral Reflections

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XXX. Thoughts on Death: extracted from a Let-

ter written by M. Pascal on the Death

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