Excerpt from A Dissertation Upon the Supposed Existence of a Moral Law of Nature, and Upon the Being of a Triune God: Wherein Is Shewn That the Idea of the Former Is Not to Be Found in Scripture, and Is Contrary to Reason, and That the Latter Is Contained in Scripture, and Is Not Contrary to Reason The Red But, by a worle blunder than an attempt to chaiiithe'devil, the Unitarian has're'ally let him loofe. For, to avoid the doctrine of, the atonement ofchififi, ' which is abfolut'ely founded on that of the trinity, he has devife'd a fcheme to pro pitiate for himfelf by fetting'his mora'l obedience againlt his; moral deficiency, a making that the term of his acceptance with' God. This is a crime for which it is hard to' find'a name - This is not being moralifis by principlegbut moralifis or, ' it is trading in morality; and bartering it with Heaven for its treafure, as men pay money to. Or barter ware with the merchant, for'property; it is making it the payment of a debt, and alternately. Taking frelh credit; and who, I pray, fcruple's'to be in debt to pay next week, or next month? But this kind of morality admits of robbing for'butnt ofi'erings; of {having clofe, and grinding the face of the poor all the week, to be very charitable on a Sunday, I have known a moralift of this Ramp, who by conforming to a round of devotion, and putting a little money into the plate held for'charity. Has wiped out the remembrance of all palt fins, and began to {in upon a frelh (core; and paid that the fame way, I fee not how this' difi'ers from being a faint and' a devil by turns. A very dangerous, principle to introduce into fo'ciety as the rule of 0m: manners. I have known of thofe huckfiers in mo tality aim at keeping their accounts with Heaven, fomewhat like the Italian merchantile method; they, had a pin culhion fcarlet on the one fide, and black on t other; for every devout or good aftion Ias they eem'd it, they (luck a pin on the fcarlet fide; for every glopmy thought, or bad action, they put3 in on the gepennt, ' byt. 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.