INIQUITY THE CAUSE OF UNBELIEF. Preached before the King, March 12, 1769. Ye are the Salt of the Earth. But if the Salt have loft its Savour, wherewith fhall it be falted? It is from thenceforth good THE NINTH BOOK OF THE DIVINE LEGATION O F MOS E S: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE TRUE NATURE AND GENIUS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Printed, fo far as it goes, by the AUTHOR; but never before published, and left unfinished. B INTRODUCTION*, TR RUTH, the great Object of all honeft as well as rational Inquiries, had been long fought for in vain; when, the Search now become defperate, after the fruitless toil of the best qualified Sages, and of the most improved times, She fuddenly appeared in PERSON to put these benighted Wanderers in their Way. I AM THE TRUTH, fays the Saviour of the World This was his Moral Nature; of more concern for us to know, than his Phyfical; and, on that account, explained more at large in his eternal Gospel. *See Sermon, concerning The Nature and Condition of Truth. R. W. This laft book, therefore, being an attempt to explain the true NATURE AND GENIUS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; I fhall, 1. First of all, previously examine those fceptical Objections, which, in the long absence of Truth, the World had begun to entertain of her very Being and exiftence; or at leaft, of our capacity to difhold of her. And these becover, and get hold of her. ing removed, 2. I fhall, in the fecond place, lay down, under what laws, and with what difpofition of mind, I have ventured to use the aids of REASON to explain the TRUTHS OF REVELATION. 3. And, laftly, I fhall attempt to remove the Prejudices which may arise against any new discoveries in support of RevelaTION, which the method here employed to analyze that capital truth of all, THE FAITH, may poffibly enable us to make. I. That ancient Remedy against Error, a Pyrrhonian, or, if you like it better, an Academic |
