Essay on the Philosophy of Faith, and the Economy of Revelation

Excerpt from An Essay on the Philosophy of Faith, and the Economy of Revelation: Involving an Inquiry Concerning the Reasons and Consequences of the Essential Difference Between the Ancient and the Modern Kinds and Sources of Religious Evidence In which some parts of the evgp'ence of Reved lation are enveloped but, on the contrary, they are the objects of ordinary understanding and attainment, and of such brief attention as ordi nary avocations allow to every man. Conse quently, they place the middle-bulk of Society nearly upon an equality of judgment, with both the Theologian and the Academical Sophist; as Providence must have designed, with regard to the First Principles of any true Revelation.vii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.