The laws of nature infufficient to inform us
of our duty, N.

Excellence of christianity,
Deifm infipid,

An addrefs to the deity, in favor of deifts,
Conceffions in favor of christianity, by Lord
Herbert, Tindal, the moral philofopher,
Mr. Chubb, Lord Bolingbroke, Rouf-
feau, Gibbon and Paine,

And alfe of Mahomet, N.

Mr. Paine had not the fagacity to difcern the natural confequences refalting from his conceffions,

Genuine patriotifm fhould poffefs every hu

man breast, N.

Voltaire and Paine quote fcripture in favor of their political systems, N.

The gospel in favor of patriotifm, N.

ib.

24.

ib.

25.

ib.

Lord Bolingbroke and Hume difefteem reafon,38.
Reafon a noble faculty of the foul,

A juft inference from Lord Bolingbroke's
idea of the infufficiency of reafon, N.
Reason, how it should be exercifed,
Soame Jenyns's idea of reafon, N.

Mr. Jenyns's converfion from deifin to chrif-
tianity, N.

Reafon capable of deciding on the evidences in favor of chriftianity,

Various caufes of infidelity, N.

The caufe, in Lord Bacon's opinion, of al-
moft all the errors in the fciences, N.
Christianity dreads not investigation, but fuf-
fers for want of due examination into
its nature, and the evidences of its truth,
A quotation from Dr. Young, N.
Gratitude of an heathen philofopher, N.
of a chriftian, N.

The bleffings of chriftianity, N.
Wretchedness of deifm, N.

32.

332

ib.

34.

35.

39°

ib.

40.

ib.

41

ib.

42.

44.

45. ib.

ib.

46. ib.

50.

Important to enquire whether christianity be true or falfe,

In what manner it should be investigated, This investigation, probably, never made. by Mr. Paine,

Mr. Paine's ignorance of the mythology of
the ancients, and of christianity,

In politicks only, he reasons with any degree
of propriety,
Egypt the parent of idolatry and fables, as
well as the arts and sciences, N.
A remark of Democritus, applied to Mr.
Paine, N.
Christianity did not proceed from paganism,
but is of divine origin, N.

Whatever excellence pertains to paganism,
derived from divine revelation, N.

Grofs ignorance, or great impiety, of Mr.
Paine, N. His creed,

Inferior to many other fyftems of deifm,

No improvements in deifm,

Origin of deifm, N.

Lord Herbert's fcheme of deifm, N.

Imagined he had a revelation from heaven in favor of it, N.

ib.

51.

52.

ib.

53.

ib.

ib.

ib.

56.

ib.

57

ib.

ib.

58.

God,

The works of creation evince the being of a

59.

ib.

Lord Herbert's scheme of deifm and Mr.
Paine's, contradict each other,

ib.

The evidences in favor of christianity rest not
on fo feeble a bafis, as does the fancied
teftimony of Lord Herbert, in fupport
of his fyftem of deifm, N.

St. Paul's converfion miraculous, N.
Reasons which induced pagan philosophers

to believe there is a God, N.

60.

ib.

63.

Remark of a deift, that the light of nature is not fufficient to teach the unity of God, 64,

But few heathens entertained just perceptions of the deity,

Their vices,

65.

ib.

Contraft of chriftian and heathen morals, N. ib. Imperfect fyftems of morality of pagan phi

lofophers,

Men, unable by the light of nature only,
practically to believe in God,
Revelation only can enable them to do thus,
Some principles of true religion, obtained by
tradition, among almoft all the nations
of the world, N.

Depravity of the Chinese, N.

Mr. Paine would not have believed in the unity of God, had he not been educated in a chriftian country,

But most probably have been an idolater, Idolatry and depravity of the ancient Brit. ains, N.

Happy effects of chriftianity in Britain, Probable confequences, fhould christianity be abolished in Britain, N.

Deifts enemies to mankind,

66.

$

ib.

75.

ib.

76.

77

Some favages in fouth America,have no idea of God and religion, N.

Şavage barbarity, N.

Deifts and pagans indebted to divine revelation, for whatever excellence pertains to their fyftems of religion,

Character of Tertullian, N.

No heathen nation that believed the exif
rence of a God, but worfhipped him,
Te allian's converfion to chriftianity, N.
From a potent enemy, he becomes an able
advocate for christianity, N.

He ridicules the heathen cultom of making
Gods,
Tiberius propofes Chrift to be enrolled a
mong the heathen Gods,

Mr. Paine regards prayer to be impious,

ib.

79.

80.

ib.

81.

ib.

ib.

82.

Account of the facrifices and prayers of the

ancient pagans, N.

Rite of facrifice, of divine inftitution, N.
Idolatry, a corruption of the true religion,
Mr. Paine believes not in providence,

He devotes no time to religious instruction
and improvement in virtue,

Neceffity of prayer, N.

ib. 83.

ib.

84.

85

ib.

ib.

no

86.

Reafon infufficient to infure mercy to a

penitent,

Penitence for fin and fanctity of heart,

part of Mr. Paine's creed,

Young and Milton, on the justice of God, N. ib. Various defects of Mr. Paine's creed,

Explanation of Micah vi. 8. N.

Lord Bolingbroke contends, that the great
principle implanted in the breast of man,
is felf-love,

Carneades denies that men are obliged to re-
vere the principle of justice,
Neceffary that the duties of justice and mer-
cy fhould be explicitly enjoined on men,
by divine authority, N.

Pagans in general, and many deifts, maintain
the doctrine of implacability, and re-
venge,
The ancient Romans deficient in the virtues
of placability and mercy, N.
Natural religion infufficient to influence the

87.

ib.

83.

morals of the heathen world, at present, 91. Morals of the ancient Greeks and Romans, contrafted with thofe of chriftians, at the prefent period, N.

92+

Contradictory fentiments of deiftical writers, 94. Barbarity of heathen facrifices, N.

Deistical contradictions, evince the neceffity

of divine revelation, N.

95.

97.

98.

The earl of Shaftfbury believed that the fouls
of men, after death, inhabit the stars,
The nefarious tendency of deiftical creeds, N. ib

Impious boast of the difciples of Epicurus, The belief of the immortality of the foul, of the utmost importance, with respect to moral and religious practice,

The light of nature did not teach men that the foul is immortal,

The foul's immortality not made an article

ib.

ib.

99.

of faith by any nation, before Christ, N. ib. Mr. Gibbon acknowledges, that philofophy

cannot affure us of a future ftate, Heathen philofophers unable to prove the immortality of the foul,

Christianity hath established this important truth,

Almost all the articles of Mr. Paine's creed, which can be approved of, purloined from the fcriptures,

100.

ΙΟΙ·

105.

105.

Pagans and deifts indebted to revelation for religious principles, N.

106.

ib.

Heathens believe in providence, N.

Commendations of chriftianity, by the author of the lettres Juives, and Baron de Montesquieu, N.

View of chriftianity,

Encomium of Baron Bielfeld on the morals taught by Christ, N.

109.

ib.

III

The inftitutions of public inftruction and wor-.
fhip, judicious and benevolent, N.
Mr. Paine difregards thefe inftitutions, N.
Proteftation of Machiavel, N.

Excellence, truth, and falutary effects of
christianity,

Juftin Martyr's teftimony of the happy effects of chriftianity, N.

Christianity approved by men of genius, learning and piety, in every age,

But traduced and blafphemed, by a libertine

deift,

112.

114.

115.

116.

117.

118.

ib.