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Whole Works

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W.Tegg and Company, 1847

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ᏢᎪᎡᎢ	1

Of the Government of God by Rewards and Punish	19

Of the moral Government of God	31

Of a State of Probation as implying Trial Difficul	55

Of a State of Probation as intended for moral Disci	63

Of the Opinion of Necessity considered as influenc	86

Of the Government of God considered as a Scheme	102

CONCLUSION	113

the	165

Of the Want of a Universality in Revelation	184

Of the particular Evidence for Christianity	204

Of the Objections which may be made against	240

CONCLUSION	252

TWO DISSERTATIONS	261

Of the Nature of Virtue	270

Preached before the House of Lords on the Anniversary of his Majestys	243

Of the Importance of Christianity	119

Of the supposed Presumption against a Revelation	136

Of our Incapacity of judging what were to be	143

Of Christianity considered as a Scheme or Constitu	158

SERMON VI	253

A CHARGE to the CLERGY of DURHAM 270	270

CORRESPONDENCE between Dr BUTLER and Dr CLARKE 292	292

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Title	Whole Works Whole Works, Joseph Butler
Author	Joseph Butler
Publisher	W.Tegg and Company, 1847
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	25 Nov 2008

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