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Show and with reg01rd to difl"erent Ranks 01nd Stations in Life. COileluding with Cautions againft the C(lmmon Errns in Study, otnd Diredions for carryin~; improvement in Knowll:'d(,C the greateR: kngth. BooK Jfi. Of VIRTU E. The chid Dignity of Hum3n Nature ihewn to confi!l in Man's being a Moral Agent, and capable of Virtue. @f the Ckarnef~ of our Concepticns, and Degrees of our Certninty, in rnor~l Subjetls. T:1e Being and Attributes of God e{\abliihed, as the Foundation of Mf'"tity; ar.d ViJtue or Reltitude of CharaC!er, in a created :J .:rg, /hewn to confitl in a Conformity of Difpofition to the ne~ aJ!d unchangeable ReltituC:e of the Divine Nature. Of the of a State cf Difcipline for improving free Mor<~l Agent! The Suitablenefs cf cur prefent State for th<.t Purpofe. of the Soul. Our Species, and all ere:: ted ra~ t io.:.itJ Beings, ~ewn to be naturall~ um'cr Obligatirns to at! proJ'Itrly \('.'th r.:c::..rrl '" Themfehcs, t heirFc!l•l\\'·Crc;:tuleS, :~nd their Creator. Ar. \'tcount o( tzr various O!dit:a!ionr,, or DutiC's under this th"<tlilld Divifion ; beir:g "~dl·m ct pr<~tlic:~J Mo: Tality, ccR.Jre!!er.oir:g all thr ptinc·pal P:~rt1 """.!an nccefiiuy to ht attended to in ~.; .. r Cn.c!u(l-; \\·ith C::utiom, i)lt•·dirns Remon· !trances, and F.ecorromtndations on all the cJ,icf Head~ of Duty and T ranfgreffi.,n. To wh:ch are added nne hundred and fixty Aphorifms chieAy Mcral. Book IV. OfltEV:EALED RELIC ION. In which is lhrwn, Tha.t it is a Duty of Natma! Religion to t nquirc into, and {lew :t prorer Rdpetl to an.yRcnl.lri~n, ...,h:ch Cnd m::~y have gi,•en to Mankind. TIJ:it it JS reafOIIablc::o think that pof,ti~·c Rtvelations may l·e ginn by G!"tl f, r the Improve. ment of his reafof(Jble Cr;::atures in Virtue. Requifitrs for a pmper Enquiry of this Sort, Previous ObjeCI-ions ag:~inl1: a Revelation in gercr3l, and that of Scriptt!re in particular, conlidered, A compendious View of the Scheu:le of Divine Rcn~lation , eomprthend~ ing it! l'rincip:tl Parlicuhrs; with R,.fi.-(tions. Confider,lfi<'ns on feme of its peculiar Diflovcries and Dt·Cirines. A brief Account of the mot1: unquc!h nable E'•idences fer the Truth of ReTchtion, a§ Pruphefy, r.~iratle:, the Ch::~ra<\cr of CHRisT, &c. Concluding ~~ith H!'ads of Self :Ex;·minaticn en t}·,c pr:ncipal Part iculars in 11hidt the Dignity of Human Nature confdls; and Confccration of the Work. N. n. l-PhercDS f.vrral Pn·-/or.s havt put cff p:ircha.fing this Work, in ExptElati'n of ia hein£ hcreafttr prblijl:.rd at a h'lutr Price ; this is to inform fuel• PcrjGns, tfct the Author n~·adt a Point of iuzoing at firfl into the Ilar.ds ojtbt Public, at aJ moderatl an Fxpmct, as It could he afforded J~r ; and that it 'llvtr will b1 Jrir.ted in on; ldanmr diffircnt from tbtji1jl Edition, |