Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature to Which Are Added, Two Brief DissertationsButler, Joseph (1692-1752)

Butler, Joseph (1692-1752)

Title Page

Prefatory Material

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Contents

Letter to the Reverend Dr. Thomas Balguy.

Preface by the Editor.

The Life of Dr. Butler.

Introduction

Part I. Of Natural Religion.

Part I. Of Natural Religion.

Chapter I. Of a Future Life.

Chapter II. Of the Government of God by Rewards and Punishments; and Particularly of the Latter.

Chapter III. Of the Moral Government of God.

Chapter IV. Of a State of Probation, as Implying Trial, Difficulties, and Danger.

Chapter V. Of a State of Probation, as Intended for Moral Discipline and Improvement.

Chapter VI. Of the Opinion of Necessity, Considered as Influencing Practice.

Chapter VII. Of the Government of God, Considered as a Scheme or Constitution, Imperfectly Comprehended.

Conclusion.

Part II. Of Revealed Religion.

Chapter I. Of the Importance of Christianity.

Chapter II. Of the Supposed Presumption Against a Revelation Considered as Miraculous.

Chapter III. Of Our Incapacity of Judging, What Were to Be Expected in a Revelation; and the Credibility, from Analogy, That It Must Contain Things Appearing Liable to Objections.

Chapter IV. Of Christianity, Considered as a Scheme or Contstitution, Imperfectly Comprehended.

Chapter V. Of the Particular System of Christianity; the Appointment of a Mediator, and the Redemption of the World by Him.

Chapter VI. Of the Want of Universality in Revelation; and of the Supposed Deficiency in the Proof of It.

Chapter VII. Of The Particular Evidence for Christianity.

Chapter VIII. Of the Objections Which May Be Made Against Arguing from the Analogy of Nature, to Religion.

Conclusion.

Dissertation I. Of Personal Identity.

Dissertation II. Of the Nature of Virtue.

Indexes

Index of Scripture References

Greek Words and Phrases

Latin Words and Phrases

Index of Pages of the Print Edition