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Excerpt from The History of the Effects of Religion on Mankind: In Countries Ancient and Modern, Barbarous and Civilized
Take the tatk; and afihres his readers, that if he had forefeen the difficulties which were to be encountered, and the degree of judg ment and information w hich would be ne ceflary in this difquifition, he would not have engaged in this work, from a defpair of doing jufiice to to important an enquiry. Confcious that a treatife, which elucidates theology by hiflory, will be more read than dry differtations on religion and morality; the Author has blended theology with po licy, and the doctrines Of all religions with hiftory, both ancient and modern, civil and ecclefiafiical. In order to reduce this work to a moderate tile, fentences fhort and deem ed exprefiive, have been preferred to well turned periods; and'thofe religious tenets are feleeted, which had an influence on po licy and morals, ou-the condition of indivi duals, and the welfare of barbarous, as well as civilized fiates. By this feleetion many important quefiions are difcufled in three oftavos; the firfi of which exhibits the {fed}: Of Natural, Pagan, jfe'wmj, Cbrfiz'an, and Mdbamemn religions. The next two volumes. 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.
