PA 10. ERRAT A. Age Line 9. for abfurd, read a great Mistake; and Line ib.. after Obligation, add of moral Duties. p. 16. 1. 3. in the Margin, read 1 John 4.19. p. 68. 1. 6. for Agreemens, read Agreement. p. ib. 1. 7. add which, at the Beginning of the Line. p. 156.. 1. 14. for Legislator, read Legislature. p. 227. 1. 29. in the Margin, for Serm. 77. read Serm. 74. p. 254.1.3. at the Beginning of the Paragraph, for ONE, read SOME. P.270.1.21. the Parenthefis stands the wrong Way. p. 287. 1. 20. for Papist and Mahometan, read Papist, or Mahometan. p. 299. 1. 17. at the Beginning of the Paragraph, for If the Religion of Peasants, read IF, fay they, the Religion of Peafants, &c. p. ib. 1. 31. for IF in the earliest Times, read IF, add they, in the earliest Times, &c. p. 347. 1. 4. for Muft Men, read Must not Men, &c. p. 355. 1.4. add the Comma's thus " at the Beginning of the Line. p. 414. 1. 23. dele And before the Words much less.. THE V PREFACE. T HE Author of the following Sheets, makes no Apology for writing on a Subject of the laft Importance; and which, as far as I can find, has no where been so tully treated: He builds nothing on a Thing so uncertain as Tradition, which differs in moft Countries; and of which, in all Countries, the Bulk of Mankind are incapable of judging; but thinks he has laid down such plain and evident Rules, as may enable Men of the meanest Capacity, to diftinguish between Religion, and Superstition; and has represented the Former in every Part so beautiful, so amiable, and so strongly affecting; that they, who in the leaft reflect, must be highly in Love with it; and eafily perceive, that their Duty 5050 .906 (RC PPL). A 2 20014 Duty and Happiness are inseparable. Whether lie has succeeded in this Noble, and Generous Attempt, the Reader will be better able to judge, if he reads with the same Freedom, and Impartiality, as the Author wrote. THE Manner of debating a Subject. Dialoguewife, (as This between A. and B.) was esteem'd by the Ancients the most proper, as well as most prudent, Way of expofing prevailing Absurdities; and Tully's two Discourses, de Natura Deorum, and de Divinatione, both levell'd against the Superstition of his Country-men; are living Monuments of the Expediency, and Usefulness of this Way of Writing: And certainly, the Reader may be better entertain'd thus, than by that dry Way of Objection and Answer, with which Controverfies are usually manag'd. THE ১৪ That the Perfection, and Happiness of all rational Beings, That not only the Matter of all God's Laws, but the Pe- That God requires nothing for his own sake; no, not the That the Religion of Nature is an absolutely perfect Reli- gion; and that external Revelation can neither add to, That the not adhering to those Notions Reason dictates, con- |