The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature: to which are added, two brief dissertations I. On personal identity. II. On the nature of virtue, together with A charge, delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of Durham, at the primary visitation, in the year 1751 (Still Image)

The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature: to which are added, two brief dissertations I. On personal identity. II. On the nature of virtue, together with A charge, delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of Durham, at the primary visitation, in the year 1751

Butler, Joseph, 1692-1752

iv, 422 p. 21 cm

2d American ed. To which is prefixed a life of the author / by Dr. Kippis with a preface, giving some account of his character and writings, by Samuel Halifax .

Joseph Butler (1692–1752) was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. This work, one of his most important, was intended to convince deists, who acknowledged the existence of God, that their beliefs could reasonably lead them to Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Butler

The work includes a biography by Dr. Andrew Kippis, an English clergyman and author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kippis

and a preface by Samuel Halifax, an English churchman and academic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hallifax

Analogy (Religion);Natural theology;Apologetics -- History -- 18th century;Apologetics -- Early works to 1800;Revelation;Eschatology

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BT1100 .B9 1809

Boston, Published by D. West, E.C. House, Printer, 1809