A Collection Of Tracts, Published Between the Years 1729 and 1759, In The Defence and Explanation Of Christianity and its Evidence

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1766 Excerpt: ...recorded in his history, that not He but his distant posterity' should be the better for it? It will not help you to say,that Abraham and the heads of familics had the knowledge of a future X z flatte state communicated to them, unless you i confess withal, that their religion was grounded upon this hope; but if you allow this, why do you confine this knowledge to the Heads of families?'I hope it is not you.r opinion that the heads of families only were to have religion: the scripture men to Abraham, that he would command hit p Children and hisHau/hold to keep the way of the Lord, to do jzg/iice and judgment. Gen. xviii, 19. but how Abraham could maintain rc-.-.e ligion in his family, without offering the proper encouragement to religion, it is im-.-. possible to understand. This observation which I have now mentioned is not mine: it has been infisted upon by the best writers who have treated upon this subject, whom you have over.looked, as not worth your notice. Over looked did I say? I must do you justice 3 you have-done the objection the honour to look it on the face, and then very gallantly turned your back upon it. The passage I si refer ale See in particular Dr. SherloclCs immortality oi the Soul, Chap. 3. Sect. 2: mention this as one, that those who have beenin the other opinion " thought it ineredible, that, whereas the Patriarehswere certainly.favoured.with the revelation of.man's redemption, in which the doctrine of a future state is so eminently contained, they should not have communicated it to their posterity and people." As likewise, " they could not eonceisive how a religion could be worthy of God which did not proposei to its followers a future state." The foregoing argument, Sir, takes in both these prejudiees, as you ar...