Excerpt from New Family Library, Vol. 1: Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion; An Essay Toward an Arrangement of the Proofs of the Being of a God; Analogy of Religion; Werenfels' Dissertations on the Evidences of Christianity The prefixed Subject of the following Essay is given in the precise terms in which it was announced to the public, aconsiderable number of years ago, when competition was invited for the Burnet prizes. It is understood that about fifty Essays were sent to the appointed Judges, who were connected with the University of Aberdeen. The author is not ashamed of having failed in competition with the two eminent diviues to whom the honours of success were award cd, - the one Dr. Brown, Professor of Divinity and Principal of Marischal College, - the other Mr. Sumner, afterwards advanced to a high place in the Church of England. Among the Essays presented, not a few, doubtless, were worthy of being given to the public; but the authors seem to have been of a different opinion. Their publication, indeed, was not necessary, nor would it have been proper at that time. The Essay now offered, was laid aside, and the author, though he did not conceal its exis tence from some intimate friends, never entertained the slightest idea of publishing it, till it was solicited for the purpose of commencing this Family Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.