per Force of the following Treatise, lies in the whole general Analogy confidered together. It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many Perfons, that Christianity is not fo much as a Subject of Inquiry; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present Age, this were an agreed Point, among all People of Difcernment; and nothing remained, but to fet it up as a principal Subject of Mirth and Ridicule, as it were by Way of Reprifals, for its having fo long interrupted the Pleafures of the World. On the contrary, thus much, at least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any reafonable Man, who will thoroughly confider the Matter, may be as much affured, as he is of his own Being, that that it is not, however, fo clear a Cafe, that there is nothing in it. There is, I think, ftrong Evidence of its Truth; but it is certain no one can, upon Principles of Reason, be fatisfied of the contrary. And the practical Confequence to be drawn from this, is not attended to, by every one who is concerned in it. May, 1736. (a 2) CON |
