Excerpt from The Religious History of Man: Tracing Religion and Superstition From Their Source IN the following pages, the nature of the instruction, in Divine things, given to mankind, at various periods, is enquired into; and the influence of that instruction, on their religious cus toms and opinions, traced. Those opinions have been so various, and the modes of worship so multiform, that it would be hopeless to attempt such an enquiry within the limits of the present volume, were it to be accompanied by an analysis, or even an outline, of each system of faith, or form of devotion, which has had its day, of adoption and of rejection, in the world. 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.