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Abt . I .- —A Plain Statement of some of the most important Principles of Religion 9 as ct PreservatvoeagainsfInfidelity ^ Enthusiasm andImmorality . By Iht Rev . Thomas Watson . 8 vo . pp .
176 . Longmari and Co , 1811 . This treatise is the pT 6 ductio n © F , a Dissenting minister at Whitby in Yorkshire , who , before the commencement of dur Repository , rendered essential service to the interests of r&tiolsal religion and
sound morals * by two very excel- > lent publications * The first of fhese , which is entitled , Intimatiofls and Evidences of a Future State , details the proofs of that important doctrine ,. derived from reason and natural religion , and from revelation , witti that force ,
perspicuity and , simplicity , which render it admirably calculated U > produce-impression on ingenuous an < l * unprejudiced mi nds * T&e otrier pubjiqati ^ p , entitled , Popu lar . Evifictf&s of Natural t ^ ligion and tihrisiianiiy ^ possesses &imij ar recoran ^ ndatiom in point of
coikIposition with ^ be fprrp ^ r , app merits the en ^ omiu rji which it has received in the most respectable of o ^ r monthly cri tical works , where il is observed that the author
iC has in this treatise so collected and displayed the various evidences in favour of religion , that it is impossible to weigh them without feeling the dignity of man , and the importance as well as truth of
Christianity " In his Introduction the author , while apologizing
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tor bringing forwards such a work after the appearance df Dr . Paley ' s Elements of Natural Theology , and View of the Evidences ofChris . tianity , justly ^ observes , that though his performance and those of the
Doctor are nearly allied in title , and accord altogether in deugn ; the plans are totally different , the materials are no where the same , and there is no interference in the management of the argument . . To this statement we
cannot but add , that while we are duly sensible of the excellence of the t ) octor * s ' labours , wi ? consider those of Mr . Watson better adapted to the use of readers in general , arid particularly of the young and umnformed- The design . of the author in the work wbi ^ mo re oti
jinmedjiately , clajn ^^ r notice , V iscto give a plairi statement of some of the most important principles of religiori , ~ and particularly those principled wbicH" may have tjbe mp » t powierfyl influence upon our conduct ; and to shew
that Christianity is a system found , ed upon jthe 'bjes ) TevideiijCe 9 tiiat it is ^ a rtution ^ l 6 ^ fem . ; t ^ at , it is simple anil plaiu adapted to the
capacity , of all those wjbo are , ehdowed with comq > on underptandings ; and that' its great aim is to bring in and support universal
righteousness . " This design the IHithor has executed in a manner very creditable to his abilities as a writer , intending to inculcate important and valuable truths , in language likely to produce effect ,
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< c Still pteased to praise , - yet not afraid to blattie . " Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/40/
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