THE

PHILOSOPHY

OF

RELIGION;

OR,

AN ILLUSTRATION

OF THE

MORAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE.

BY

THOMAS DICK,

AUTHOR OF" THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER," &c. &c.

"Knowledge is Power."-LORD BACON.
"Love is the fulfilling of the Law."-PAUL.

GLASGOW:

PRINTED FOR CHALMERS AND COLLINS;

WILLIAM WHYTE & CO. AND WILLIAM OLIPHANT, EDINBURGH;
R. M. TIMS, AND WM. CURRY, JUN. & CO. DUBLIN;
AND G. B. WHITTAKER, LONDON.

ΤΟ

JAMES DOUGLAS, ESQ.

OF CAVERS,

The following Work,

INTENDED

TO ILLUSTRATE THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION,

AND THE MORAL LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE,

IS INSCRIBED,

AS A TESTIMONY OF UNFEIGNED RESPECT,

FOR HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER AND LITERARY TALENTS,

AND FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE HE HAS AFFORDED

TO THOSE PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS,

WHICH HAVE

A TENDENCY TO PROMOTE THE BEST INTERESTS OF MANKIND,

BY HIS MCST OBEDIENT,

AND OBLIGED SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.