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Sykes, rinthur Ashley

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ESSAY

ΟΝ ΤΗΕ

NATURE, DESIGN, and

ORIGIN,

O F

SACRIFICES.

LONDON:

Printed for J. and P. KNAPTON, at the Crown

in Ludgate-Street. MDCC XLVIII,

1748

BL 570 .898

Sykes, Arthur Ashley

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PREFACE.

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ACRIFICES are known to have been in Ufe generally all over the World, from the earliest days to the time when Chriftianity had made great Progrefs in it: And the Heathen treated Chriftians at firft, as Atheists, and Impious, becaufe They refufed to comply with the usual religious Customs of the Country in which They lived. The way which the Chriftians took to vindicate themselves for refusing to facrifice, was, partly to fhew the Weakness and Abfurdity of the Heathen way of Worship; and partly to produce Authorities from their Philofophers and Wife Men, who had in their Writings condemned all Animal Sacrifices, or had given Reasons to fhew : A 2 that

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