The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature : To which are added two brief dissertations I. Of personal identity. II. Of the nature of virtue

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The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature : To which are added two brief dissertations I. Of personal identity. II. Of the nature of virtue

by Joseph Butler, L.L.D., Samuel Halifax

Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street, 1736

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Part I: 1. Of a future life. --2. Of the government of God by rewards and punishments; and particularly of the latter. --3. Of the moral government of God. --4. Of a state of probation, as implying trial, difficulties and danger. --5. Of a state of probation, as intended for moral discipline and improvement. --6. Of the opinion of necessity, considered as influencing practice. --7. Of the government of God, considered as a scheme or constitution, imperfectly comprehended. --Conclusion.

Part II: 1. Of the importance of Christianity. --2. Of the supposed presumption against a revelation, considered as miraculous. --3. Of our incapacity of judging, what were to be expected in a revelation; and the credibility, from analogy, that it must contain things appearing liable to objections. --4. Of Christianity, considered as a scheme or constitution, imperfectly comprehended. --5. Of the particular system of Christianity; the appointment of a mediator, and the redemption of the world by him. --6. Of the want of universality in revelation; and of supposed deficiency in the proof of it. --7. Of the particular evidence for Christianity. --8. Of the objections which may be made against arguing, from the analogy of nature, to religion.

Conclusion. Dissertation I: Of personal identity. Dissertation II: Of the nature of virtue.

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