THE
ANALOGY OF RELIGION,
TO THE
Constitution and Course of Nature.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
TWO BRIEF DISSERTATIONS:
I. ON PERSONAL IDENTITY.—II. ON THE NATURE OF VIRTUE.
BY
JOSEPH BUTLER, D.C.L.
Ejus [Analogiæ] hæc vis est, ut id quod dubium est ad aliquid simile, de quo
non quæritur referat ut incerta certis probet.—Quintil. l. i. c. 6.
WITH
AN INTRODUCTION, NOTES, CONSPECTUS, AND AMPLE INDEX,
BY
HOWARD MALCOM, D.D.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
SEVENTEENTH EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1873.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
| PAGE | |
| Editor’s Introduction | 5 |
| ” Preface | 19 |
| ” Conspectus | 21 |
| Author’s Advertisement | 66 |
| ” Introduction | 67 |
| PART I. OF NATURAL RELIGION. | |
| Chap. I.—A Future Life | 77 |
| Chap. II.—The Government of God by Rewards and Punishments | 95 |
| Chap. III.—The Moral Government of God | 105 |
| Chap. IV.—Probation, as implying Trial, Difficulties, and Danger | 128 |
| Chap. V.—Probation, as intended for Moral Discipline and Improvement | 136 |
| Chap. VI.—The Opinion of Necessity, considered as influencing Practice | 157 |
| Chap. VII.—The Government of God, considered as a Scheme or Constitution, imperfectly comprehended | 171 |
| [4]Conclusion | 180 |
| PART II. OF REVEALED RELIGION. | |
| Chap. I.—The Importance of Christianity | 186 |