THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

400 OL

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN SUNDATIO S. 1907

CONTENTS.

ADDRESS TO THE LITERATI, &c.

The Inspector's Plan-to recur to firft Principles

of Religion and Science

Degradation of the Press

How to restore its Respectability

Signs of the Times-noticed by King

by Maclaurin's Biographer

Inspector's prime Object-to review the leading

Principles of French Philofophifm, German Il-

luminism, and English Unitarianism-summa-

rily, but not fuperficially

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Advantage, but Difficulty, of his Plan

PART I.

Mottos from Orpheus, the Baptift, and JESUS

CHRIST

The Inspector's Observatory and Apparatus

General Refemblance between the Philofophizing

Schools, ancient and modern

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OUR

OUR SAVIOUR'S Comment on the Samian T

Grand Source of Philofophical Error

Apy roy," Idle Argument"

Critique on King and Valpy's Explication of Da-

niel's 1260 days, (Note a)

Conjecture on the mystical Number 666

Origin of French Philofophifm, German Illumi-

nism, and English-Unitarianism

French Revolution produced thereby

Philofophical Use of Words illuftrated, (Note b)

The "fine Things" of Voltaire

Revolutionary Plans of Stone and Priestley

State of the Public Mind in France refpecting Re-

ligion

Unfettlement of Principles, and Unfettlement of

Inflitutions, every where

Freedom of Debate mischievous, if unskilfully con-

ducted

Gradual Progrefs of Reformation

-neither a bort nor eafy task

Design of French Philosophism-to crush Chrifti-

anity

Employs Ridicule and Ribaldry

Lettres de quelques Juifs à M. Voltaire

Bishop Watfon's Apology for the Bible-both re-

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commended

ib.

Diffemination of Paing's Works in Great Britain

and Ireland, by the Affiliated Societies

Peter Porcupine's Account of Dr. Priestley

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The Author's Converfation with Him, (Note c)

Buonaparte's Antichriftian Manifefto

Open Apoftacy of France

Commencement, perhaps, of the third and laft

Woe

Triumphs and Piety of the British Navy

The Destiny of Egypt

Election of Great Britain, perhaps, to extend and

eftablish the True Faith throughout the World,

(Note d)

Preaching of Wickliff, in A. D. 1360, noticed

perhaps in Daniel's 1290 days

Preaching of Hufs, A. D. 1405-in Daniel's

1335 days

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The Infpector's folemn "written" Protest against

Belfham's Antichriftian Manifefto

as ftated in the Monthly Review

His Pofitions infpected

1. Unaccommodating Spirit of Christianity

vere Reprchenfion of the Jewish Philofo-
phizing Sects, by the Baptift and JESUS
CHRIST

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Paul's Diffuafives to Timothy and Titus against

pbilofophizing in RELIGION

2. Real Exiflence and Agency of an EVIL SPIRIT

Paine's idle Affertion refpecting SATAN, (Note e) ib.

Summary of Satan's Titles in the Apocalypfe

3. Character of BEELZEBUL

Derivation of the word, (Note ƒ)

Different from BEELZEBUB

Intimate Connection between Oriental and

Grecian Demonology

ABADDON— Βασιλευς απολλύων, of John; Αναξ

απολλων, of Homer and Archilochus

Signification of the Hebrew AEL, and the

Greek A-, &c. in the abstract and con-

crete fenfes

4. Importance of the Revelation of the Existence and

Agency of this powerful WICKED SPIRIT

Ambiguity of the word wagaruos, and of the

verb πειράζομαι

James's admirable Vindication of THE DEITY

against the Suppofition of his being the Author

of Temptation

His Philofophical Account of its Rife and Pro-

grefs

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ib.

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ib.

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ib.

Shakespeare's admirable Illustration thereof

The Apoftles made " Fibers of Men"

Exhortation to Belfham and the M. Reviewers

5. Fatal Confequences of allegorizing the Existence

and Agency of THE EVIL SPIRIT, annihi-

lating the Doctrines of the Fall and Re-

demption of Mankind, &c.

Lardner

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ib.

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not the Prince of Modern Di-

Methodisms of THE DEVIL," (Note g)

Polycarp's Comment thereon

ib.

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"The Divine Fanoply" recommended by Paul 58

Wakefield's Methodism thereof

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Archbishop