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JOHN ANDERSON, JUN., EDINBURGH, 55, NORTH BRIDGE STREET;
LONGMAN, REES, ORME,, BROWN, & GREEN; AND SIMPSON & MARSHALL, LONDON.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
General Perversion of the Gifts of God.-The Christian's Duty.
-Butler's, Erskine's, Chalmers's, Dick's, and Douglas's La-
bours.-The Train of Thought giving rise to this Dissertation.
-Difficulties in the way.-Two Objections considered; 1st.
Phrenology opposed to Religion; 2d. Phrenology not advocat-
ed by great men.-Phrenology asserted to be True.--Objection
against this and other applications of this Science.—Conclu-
sion by an extract from Balguy.-Thanks expressed to Mr.
Sleigh and Mr. Combe.
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Doubts overcome.-Necessity of pointing out the Nature and
Deficiencies of other arguments, in order to show the Novelty
of the present. Most of the arguments reducible into three
classes. Their insufficiency.—Two other arguments.—The
misapplication of Butler's. The defects of Erskine's.
Phrenology supplies these Deficiencies.-Objection, that expe-
rience is equally good as Phrenological demonstration, consi-
dered. Three points in which all Religions agree.-Christian-
ity considered with respect to these may be ranged into two
grand divisions, forming the foundations of two separate ar-
guments..
PART I..
Argument 1st.-General Character of God proved to be con- formable and approved of by our Faculties. To establish· this, two Propositions.-Propos. I. THAT MAN IS SO CON-