fociety having been fo liberal, as to provide a very valuable library, which will be continually increafing, chiefly for the ufe of thofe who attend the claffes; confifting of books recommended by the minifters for that purpofe. Alfo, befides the lectures recommended in this introductory effay, I find it useful to teach fcripture geography to the younger claffes, and with the elder I fhall probably go through a short course of Jewish antiquities, ecclefiaftical history, and fuch other mifcellaneous branches of knowledge, as may be more particularly useful, to enable them to read the fcriptures with advantage. THE THE CONTENTS OP OF the being and attributes of God. Page Sec. I. Of the existence of God, and those attributes Sec. II. Of thofe attributes of the deity which are de- Sec. III. Of thofe attributes of the divine being which Sec. IV. Of these attributes of God which are deduced CHAP. II. Of the duty, and future expectations of mankind. Sec. I. Of the rule of right and wrong. 45 ibid. Sec. II. Of the different objects of pursuit, and the different paffions and affections of men corresponding to them. 52 Sec. III. Of the ruling paffion, and an estimate of the propriety and value of the different pursuits of mankind. $1. Of the pleasures of fenfe. § 2. Of the pleasures of imagination. $3. Of felf-interest. 57 59 66 68 §4. Of the paffions which arise from our focial nature $5. Of the fympathetic affections. $6. Of the relative duties. § 7. Of the Theopathetic affections. § 8. Of the obligation of confcience. Sec. IV. Of the means of virtue. 75 79 85 87 92 96 CHAP. III. Of the future expectations of man kind CHAP. I. Of the ftate of the heathen world. 131 Sec. I. Of the origin and corruption of natural reli- Sec. II. Of the corruption of theology in particular. 139 Sec. III. Of the moral fentiments of the heathens, 156 nation of the proper evidences of revelation. 188 Sec. I. Of the nature and ufe of miracles. ibid. Sec. II. Of the nature of the evidence of revelation. 192 Sec. IV. Rules for estimating the value of human tef- Sec. V. Of the antecedent credibility of the Jewish CHAP. III. The evidences of the Jewish and christian religions, derived from Testimony, and efpecially that of its friends. Sec. I. Of the authenticity of the books of Scripture. ib. Sec. II. Of the evidence from teftimony in favour of |