The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation, Shewn from the State of Religion in the Ancient Heathen World: Especially with Respect to the Knowledge and Worship of the One True God : a Rule of Moral Duty : and a State of Future Rewards and Punishments : to which is Prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse on Natural and Revealed Religion, 2. köideW. Richardson ans S. Clark, 1768 - 455 pages |
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