Excerpt from Christianity Not Founded on Argument; And the True Principle of Gospel-Evidence Assigned: In a Letter to a Young Gentleman at Oxford By this Time your Philofophical Zeal is alarm ed, and you are earneft to interrupt me with a plaufible weries to flop my Career. You have another pompous Leeture, no doubt, ready prepared upon the Occaiion to enforce our firfi Sentiment, to infifi firenuoufly {till upon the Juftice of your examining-scheme. And the Necefiity of coming indifi'erent to a fair Trial. Be patient, however, for one Moment, and it is poflible I may give you all the Satisfaction you can defire in that Article, without any of your Interpofition 'tis pofiible I may anticipate the Subflance of the very Argument you pr0pofe, and become myfelf your unexpected Advocate on the Point. For never believe but I am con vinced, as well as you, that Opinions founded on Prejudice and Ignorance, are not that Truth which the Gofpel requires at our Hands; that the Tales of our Nurfes (to ufe your own Stile) 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.