The Deifts Complaint against Christianity for not re-

commending particular Friendship, inconfiftent

with their own Principle of Benevolence
67

Reference to the End fix'd by the Will of God, is the

Standard to the Agent both of the Reasonableness,

and Morality of bis Actions w

70

And the Criterion of the moral Tafte, Fitness, Re-

lation, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Obligation,

Approbation, a

74

50

The Will of God rightly understood in fixing the End

of the Action, and likewife the Means to that End,

is the true Origin of Morality and Obligation 77

Regard to private Good and our Concern in future

Rewards and Punishments gives God bis Autho-

rity over us, in his Laws

-81

91

Glory of God and our Happiness coincident

That we are obliged to love God, and Virtue, for their

own Sake, a dangerous Pofition, if not under-

Stood in a qualified Senfe. What is the true Mean-

ing
92

(a 3.

The Deifts Method of rewarding Virtue fupplants

God, and fets up Fate

96

The Deifts Ridicule recoils upon themselves 100

A true Character of Characteristicks 103, 108

Modern Deift compounded of the Epicurean, and

Stoick

-

· 107

The Love of Virtue for its own Sake, in the Deifti-

cal Senfe is Enthusiasm
109

Deifm founded in the Ignorance of the Nature of God,

and Man
113

No Difference, as to a future State, between the

Deift and the Atheist
116

HA

1

The Deifts Notion equally deftructive of natural Re-

ligion as the other ibid. &c. 122. ib. &c.

The Counter-Balance of worldly Paffions 36, 128

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Wifi ho Chet Nis
151 ade of soft
DJblick Worship founded in natural Religion, as
we are fociable Creatures vsToM130

Tise Danger of for faking the Affembling ourselves io-

augether do alonboot weed den 31

The Reafon why general Rules only laid down in

Scripture for publick Worship

3134

The best Reply to the Deifts Contempt of the Clergy
nintään NA monopi (Ctr38, &c.
Neceffity of publick Preachers proved from Charac-
teristicks Scheme of destroying them lazy, 3141

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10

CHA P. XVIII.

toyot

Of the permanent Efficacy and Obligation

Aof Faith in the MEDIATORS

4

7

2

Recapitulation to believing in the Mediator,
as well as in God on 21st his 50
This Belief the leading Article, and most concerning
Trathin the Gospel ford to manindo

The two Extremes in this Affair

The Religion, Neceffity, and Morality of this Faith,

Mat largest në nwo zi rol out to 1156

The first Objection anfwerd, with respect to My-

ftery, the conftant Ufe of the Book of Revela-

154

=

M

tions

157

The Scripture Account of Mystery fet in a true

1Light

158

11.

182

The Corrupters of it

*

The Coincidence of Faith and Knowledge, Faith

3 and Reafon, in Matters of Duty.

6

E9

206

The Sophistry of the Deifts detected

Who are the great Enemies of Faith and Reafon,

1. The Papifts. The Extremes Popery, and

Deifm, produce each other in the Nature of Things

MIX J FO

3

212

The latent Danger to the Protestant Religion, and

prefent happy Establishment detected

216

m

Solifidians cap to 220

2. C

3. Deifts; their Wickedness and Folly fewn at Targe

under the Obligations of Faith, as a moral Vir-

tue: is against them 221

la mi

Their Objections anfwer'd
ibid.
Faith in God as a Rewarder, the first Principle and
Bafts of natural Religion. The Deifts in rejecting
it, effectually fubvert all natural Religion 232

See alfo the greatest Part of the last Chapter

The prefent Bishop of Salisbury's affirming the Go-

pel the Republication of the Law of Nature,

true in a quite different Senfe than the Author of

Christianity as old afferts it in

233

Deifts bad Subjects to the prefent Government 237

The Deifts grand Objection to the Chriftian Faith

Jolv'd to their own Confcience, and proved to be

the Subverfion of natural Religion

239

The true Caufes of Deifm display'd, ibid. and 240, &c.

势

The Corrupters of the Faith, intreated to confider

the Immorality they are guilty of...

256

264

The true Defign of that Corruption fhewn ibid.

The Ufe and Neceffity of Faith proved against the

Socinians

661 78259

An Address to the Scepticks, or Doubters of the
Faith, to confider the Immorality and Folly they
are guilty af·
Their Objections anfwer'd, by proving that the Evi-
dence of our Faith is built upon moral Certainty:
And that That Certainty does not in the least dimi-
nifh by Progrefs of Time
270,278

When the Son of Man cometh, fhall be find on Earth,

explain'd

281

The Neglecters of the Faith intreated to confider
thein Immorality

1283

pris

sh

A proper AHA P. XIX.
A proper Answer to the Deift objecting the
Want of Univerfality to the Chriftian
by Religion.

1 2.

T

HEIR Objection ftated at full Length, and

in all its Strength

The 1. General Anfwer

290

294

295

312

322

The first particular and proper Answer to them

"o

2. General Anfwer

3. General Anfwer

4. General Anfwer

10

The fecond

The third

The fourth

The fifth

337

Their Syftem of Morality, or natural Religion, fun-

damentally wrong, at large

ibid.

The Defideratum or Medium for demonftrating
Morality and true Religion, which feem'd want-
ing to Mr. Locke, binted at, and fupplied 341

That Catholick Principle of natural Religion, that

God is a Rewarder, the Primordium of Chri-

tianity, is the Confutation of the four feveral

Sorts of Deifts.

ibid.

And Supplies the only Thing wanting to that excel-

lent Book; The Religion of Nature delineated,

to make it truly delineated

343

A

It lays the Foundation for a clear Conclufion, to in-

fer the Chriftian Doctrine of the Refurrection of

the Body

An Apology for imputing Atheism to them 349

345

CON-

331

245 336

CONTENTS

OF THE

APPENDIX.

SOM

the Moral

Page 4

Contrary to all other Deifts he admits the Refur-

rection of the Body

OME furprizing Particulars in

Philofopher

ib.

And, What is commendable in him, contends for

the governing Influence of future Rewards and

Punishments, and the Ufe of Prayer against

Atheism and Fatalifm, a great feeming Ene-

my to both of them

Why Deifm Delineated might have been a better

Title to my Book?

5

7

A Second Peculiarity is the Name Chriftian Deift,

and Chriftian Jew

9

He fets up for a fifth Species of Deifts

II

A Third Peculiarity is his New Specimen of Wri-.
ting in the Moral and Philosophical Kind

The Spread of Deifm

The Arrogance and Obftinacy of this Author's Style

13

16

17

He requires Revelation to be Perfonal to every

Man

19

ib.

His Masterly Skill in Socinian Subtleties

His Agreement with the Two Orages I have

anfwerd

ib.