The Deifts Complaint against Christianity for not re-

commending particular Friendship, inconfiftent

with their own Principle of Benevolence
67

Reference to the End fix'd by the Will of God, is the

Standard to the Agent both of the Reasonableness,

and Morality of bis Actions

70

And the Criterion of the moral Tafte, Fitness, Re-

lation, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Obligation,

Approbation.

74

The Will of God rightly understood in fixing the End

of the Altion, and likewife the Means to that End,

is the true Origin of Morality and Obligation 77

Regard to private Good and our Concern in future

Rewards and Punishments gives God bis Autho-

rity over us, in bis Laws

81

91

Glory of God and our Happiness coincident

That we are obliged to love God, and Virtue, for their

own Sake, a dangerous Pofition, if not under

food in a qualified Senfe. What is the true Mean-

ing

The Deifts Method of rewarding Virtue fupplants

God, and fets up Fate

The Deifts Ridicule recoils upon themselves 100

A true Character of Characteristicks

92

96

103, 108

Modern Deift compounded of the Epicurean, and

Stoick

107

109

The Love of Virtue for its own Sake, in the Deifti-

cal Senfe is Enthusiasm

Deifm founded in the Ignorance of the Nature of God,

and Man

113

No Difference, as to a future State, between the

Deift and the Atheist

116

The Deifts Notion equally deftructive of natural Re-

ligion as the other

ibid. &c. 122. ib. &c.

The Counter-Balance of worldly Paffions 36, 128

P

Jblick Worship founded in natural Religion, as
save are fociable Creatures visto 130

ise Danger of for faking the Assembling ourselves to-
ugether do alɔnhood werd diviran31
The Reafon why general Rules only laid down in
Scripture for publick Worship you 30134

The best Reply to the Deifts Contemps of the Clergy

munnan så road pi (üt38, &c.

Neceffity of publick Preachers proved from Charac-

teristicks Scheme of destroying them

18

10

as 141

CHA P. XVIII. v.

Of the permanent Efficacy and Obligation

of Faith in the MEDIATOR.

A

Recapitulation to believing in the Mediator,
as well as in God on 215) has 50
This Belief the leading Article, and most concerning
Trarbin the Gospel ford to Red
The two Extremes in this Affairs Cam154
The Religion, Neceffity, and Morality of this Faith,
at largest de o zi not to 156

The first Objection anfwer dy with respect to My-

ftery; the conftant Ufe of the Book of Revela-

tions

157

The Scripture Account of Mystery fet in a true

1 Light

The Corrupters of it

The Coincidence of Faith and Knowledge, Faith

and Reafon, in Matters of Duty

The Sophiftry of the Deifts detected

A 89

206

Who are the great Enemies of Faith and Reason,

1. The Papifts. The Extremes Popery, and

Deifm, produce each other in the Nature of Things

по

212

The latent Danger to the Proteftant Religion, and

prefent happy Eftablishment detected 216

2. Solifidians o
to W 220

Deifts; their Wickedness and Folly fewn at Targe

under the Obligations of Faith, as a moral Vir-

tue: Which is proved against them 221

Their Objections anfwer'd
ibid.

Faith in God as a Rewarder, the first Principle and

Bafts of natural Religion. The Deifts in rejecting

it, effectually fubvert all natural Religion 232

See alfo the greatest Part of the last Chapter

The prefent Bishop of Salisbury's affirming the Go-

pel the Republication of the Law of Nature,

true in a quite different Senfe than the Author of

Chriftianity as old afferts it in
233

Deifts bad Subjects to the prefent Government 237

The Deifts grand Objection to the Chriftian Faith

folv'd to their own Confcience, and proved to be

the Subverfion of natural Religion
239

The true Caufes of Deifm difplay'd, ibid. and 240, &c.
The Corrupters of the Faith, intreated to confider
the Immorality they are guilty of. 9256

The true Design of that Corruption fhewn ibid.

The Ufe and Neceffity of Faith proved against the

Socinians

An Addrefs to the Scepticks, or Doubters of the

Faith, to confider the Immorality and Folly they

are guilty af
264

Their Objections answer'd, by proving that the Evi-

dence of our Faith is built upon moral Certainty:

And that That Certainty does not in the least dimi-

hish by Progrefs of Time
270,278

When the Son of Man cometh, fhall be find on Earth,

explain'd

259

281

The Neglecters of the Faith intreated to confider

thein Immorality

283

CHA P. XIX.

A proper Answer to the Deift objecting the

Want of Univerfality to the Chriftian

Religion.

T

HEIR Objection ftated at full Length, and

in all its Strength

The 1. General Anfwer

2. General Answer

290

294

295

312

322

3. General Answer

4. General Anfwer

The first particular and proper Anfwer to them

337

Their Syftem of Morality, or natural Religion, fun-

damentally wrong, at large

ibid.

The Defideratum or Medium for demonftrating

Morality and true Religion, which feem'd want-

ing to Mr. Locke, binted at, and fupplied 341

That Catholick Principle of natural Religion, that

God is a Rewarder, the Primordium of Chri-

tianity, is the Confutation of the four feveral

Sorts of Deifts

ibid.

And Supplies the only Thing wanting to that excel-

Alent Book, The Religion of Nature delineated,
to make it truly delineated

3.343

It lays the Foundation for a clear Conclufion, to in-

fer the Chriftian Doctrine of the Refurrection of

the Body

An Apology for imputing Atheism to them

345

349

CON-

83.

CONTENTS

OF THE

APPENDIX.

OME furprizing Particulars in

S

the Moral

Page 4

Philofopher

Contrary to all other Deifts he admits the Refur-

Erection of the Body

ib.

And, What is commendable in him, contends for

the governing Influence of future Rewards and

Punifoments, and the Use of Prayer against

Atheism and Fatalifm, a great feeming Ene-

my to both of them

5

Why Deifm Delineated might have been a better

Title to my Book

7

A Second Peculiarity is the Name Chriftian Deift,
and Chriftian Jew

He fets up for a fifth Species of Deifts

9

II

13

A Third Peculiarity is his New Specimen of Wri-.
ting in the Moral and Philofophical Kind

The Spread of Deifm

16

The Arrogance and Obftinacy of this Author's Style

His Agreement with the Two Orades I have

anfwerd

ib.