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The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature

Butler, Joseph

Read by InTheDesert · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording

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Chapters

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01 - Editor’s Introduction (34:01)
02 - Editor’s Preface. (3:05)
03 - Conspectus - Part 1 (1:04:23)
04 - Conspectus - Part 2 (53:37)
05 - Advertisement prefixed to the First Edition & Introduction (19:34)
06 - A Future Life (32:41)
07 - The Government of God by Rewards and Punishments (21:04)
08 - The Moral Government of God (45:19)
09 - Probation, as implying Trial, Difficulties, and Danger (15:45)
10 - Probation, as intended for Moral Discipline and Improvement (44:44)
11 - The Opinion of Necessity, considered as influencing Practice (28:24)
12 - The Government of God, considered as a Scheme or Constitution, imperfectly comprehended (21:07)
13 - Conclusion (12:11)
14 - The Importance of Christianity (33:02)
15 - The supposed Presumption against a Revelation, considered as miraculous (13:16)
16 - Our Incapacity of judging, what were to be expected in a Revelation; and the Credibility, from Analogy, that it must contain things appearing liable to Objections (28:54)
17 - Christianity, considered as a Scheme or Constitution, imperfectly comprehended (14:38)
18 - The Particular System of Christianity; the Appointment of a Mediator, and the Redemption of the World by him (35:20)
19 - Want of Universality in Revelation; and of the supposed Deficiency in the Proof of it (36:20)
20 - The Particular Evidence for Christianity - Part 1 (25:44)
21 - The Particular Evidence for Christianity - Part 2 (44:05)
22 - Objections against arguing from the Analogy of Nature to Religion (23:25)
23 - Conclusion (16:43)
24 - Personal Identity (14:08)
25 - The Nature of Virtue (20:07)

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