Chriftianity as old as the Creation:

OR, THE

GOSPEL

A REPUBLICATION of the

Religion of NATURE

Law.

VOLUME I.

by

Matthew Tindal

Eft autem jus naturale adeo immutabile, ut ne quidem a Deo mutari po-
teft.
Grot. de Jure Belli & Pacis, 1. 1. c. I. §. 10. n. 5.
The Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by Nature the Things contained in the
Rom. ii. 14.
God is no Respecter of Perfone has is very Nation, he that feareth him, and
worketh Righteousnesey is accepted with him..
Acts X. 34, 35.
Proinde perfectam illam Religionem quæ. Chrifti prædicatione nobis tradita eft,
non Novam aut Peregrinam, fed fi verum dicere oportet, primam, folam, ve-
ramique effe liquido apparet.
Eufeb. Eccl. Hift. 1. 1. c. 4. Valefius's Tranfl.
Res ipfa quæ nunc Chriftiana Religio nuncupatur, erat & apud Antiquos, nec
defuit ab Initio generis humani, quoufq; ipfe Chriftus veniret in carne; unde
vera Religio quæ jam erat, cœpit appellari Chriftiana.

Aug. Oper. To. 1. p. 17. c-- Retra&. 1. 1. c. 13.
The Religion of the Gofpel, is the true original Religion of Reafon and Na-
And its Precepts declarative of that original Religion, which was

ture.

as old as the Creation,

Serm. for prop. the Gofp. in for. Parts, by Dr.Sherlock, now Bp.of Bangor, p.10, & 13. God does nothing in the Government of the World by mere Will and Arbitrarinels. The Will of God always determines itfelf to act according to the eternal Reafon of Things. All rational Creatures are oblig'd to govern

themselves in ALL their Actions by the fame eternal Rule of Reason.

Dr. S. Clark's Unchang. Oblig. of Nat, Relig. Edit. 4. P. 47, 48, 49.

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Age 10. Line 9. for abfurd, read a great Miftake; and Line ib. after Obligation, add of moral Duties. 16. 1. 3. in the Margin, read 1 John 4. 19. p. 68. 1. 6. for Agreemens, read Agreement. p. ib. 1.7. add which, at the Beginning of the Line. p. 156.. 1. 14. for Legislator, read Legislature. p. 227. 1. 29. in the Margin, for Serm. 77. read Serm. 74. p. 254. 1. 3: at the Beginning of the Paragraph, for ONE, read SOME. p. 270. 1. 21. the Parenthe fis ftands the wrong Way. p. 287. 1. 20. for Papist and Mahometan, read Papift, or Mahometan. p. 299. 1. 17. at the Beginning of the Paragraph, for Ir the Religion of Peasants, read IF, fay they, the Religion of Peasants, &c. p. ib. 1. 31. for IF in the earliest Times, read IF, add they, in the earliest Times, &c. P. 347. 1. 4. for Must Men, read Muft not Men, &c. P. 355. 1. 4. add the Comma's thus " at the Beginning of the Line. p. 414. 1. 23. dele And before the Words much lefs.

THE

PREFACE

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HE Author of the following Sheets, makes no Apology for writing on a Subject of the laft Importance; and which, as far as I can find, has no where been so fully treated: He builds nothing on a Thing fo uncertain as Tradition, which differs in moft Countries; and of which, in all Countries, the Bulk of Mankind are incapable of judging; but thinks he has laid down fuch plain and evident Rules, as may enable Men of the meanest Capacity, to distinguish between Religion, and Superftition; and has represented the Former in every Part fo beautiful, fo amiable, and so strongly affecting; that they, who in the leaft reflect, must be highly in Love with it; and eafily perceive, that their Duty

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