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A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation : in answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the Author of The oracles of reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion : being sixteen sermons preach'd at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in the years 1704 and 1705, at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. / by Samuel Clarke.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729.
Contributor:
Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
God--Proof--Early works to 1800.
God.
Natural theology--Early works to 1900.
Natural theology.
God--Attributes--Early works to 1800.
Revelation--Early works to 1800.
Revelation.
God--Attributes.
God--Proof.
Genre:
Advertisements -- Great Britain -- Londony18th century.
Penn Provenance:
Plumptre, John (bookplate)
Norris, Charles C. (donor)
Physical Description:
24 unnumbered pages, 506 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (8to)
Edition:
The seventh edition, corrected.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed by W. Botham, for J. & J. Knapton, 1728.
Contents:
A demonstration of the being and attributes of God ... Being the substance of eight sermons ... The seventh edition, corrected
A discourse concerning the unchangeable obligations of natural religion ... being eight sermons ... The seventh edition, corrected
Several letters to the Rev. Dr. Clarke, from a gentleman in Glocestershire [i.e. Joseph Butler] ... with the Dr's answers thereunto. The fourth edition.
Notes:
"There is inserted in this ed., A discourse concerning the connexion of the prophecies in the Old Testament, and the Application of them to Christ. There is also added An answer to a seventh letter, concerning the argument à priori, in proof of the being of God."--t.p.
Each part has also special t.p.: A demonstration of the being and attributes of God [first published 1705]; A discourse concerning the unchangeable obligations of natural religion ... [first published 1706] The two works were published together for the first time in the present vol.
Advertisements: [2] p. at end.
Cited in:
ESTC N562
Contains:
Butler, Joseph, 1692-1752. Several letters to Dr. Clarke.
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729. Demonstration of the being and attributes of God.
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729. Discourse concerning the unchangeable obligations of natural religion.
Discourse concerning the connexion of the prophesies in the Old Testament, and the application of them to Christ.
Demonstration of the being and attributes of God.
Discourse concerning the unchangeable obligations of natural religion.
OCLC:
63611280

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