BY BLAISE PASCAL. PRIVATE THOUGHTS ON RELIGION: BY THE REV. THOMAS ADAM. EDITED BY THE REV. E. BICKERSTETH, RECTOR OF WATTON, HERTS. PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE : MDCCCXXXIII. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. THE reader has, in this volume, the PRIVATE THOUGHTS of PASCAL and ADAMS; those of PASCAL calling our attention to the incalculable importance of the Christian faith, and those of ADAM disclosing the inward experience of an acute and faithful Christian, and furnishing a deep insight into the corruption of the human heart, though under the counteracting influence of divine grace. In a future volume the Editor purposes to give such farther Private Thoughts of eminent Christians as may appear desirable to complete this part of the Christian's Family Library. In a judicious and valuable Life of Pascal, inserted in various numbers of the Christian Observer for 1815, are the following just remarks on his PRIVATE THOUGHTS. “The posthumous publication intitled 'Thoughts on Religion," consists of reflections which arose occasionally in his mind, and were suggested under a great variety of circumstances; which he committed to paper, without order or coherence, and |