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Reasonable religion. Or, The truth of the Christian religion, demonstrated. The wisdom of its…
Reasonable religion. Or, The truth of the Christian religion, demonstrated. The wisdom of its precepts justified: and the folly of sinning against those precepts, reprehended. With incontestable proofs, that men, who would act reasonably, must live religiously. / By Cotton Mather.
printed by T. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, That man does not show himself a man, who does not Believe, That the Christian Religion is the Truth of God. A Deist, as the Beast will be called, is worse than a Beast. Men had not been so prone to Deism, ⟨p. 19⟩as we do with Horror […] them in the Baptized Nations of […], if they had […] first […] by Beastly Debauch••••• ▪ In the Christian Religion, we are taught the way to Blessedness, in the Enjoyment of God: This Christian Religion is truly and justly called, in 2 Pet. 2.2. Th• •ay of Truth. And every Religion, any […] th•• […] agrees with the Christian Religion, is truly to be called, […] way. They do not show themselves men, who Embrace not the Christian Religion. I cannot but affirm it ••to you; We have not Stranger proof, that there is a GOD, than we have, Th•• our Blessed JESUS is the Christ of Go• and that His Religion is the Truth of God.
Secondly, That man does not shew himself a man, who does not Believe, That the Christian Religion is the Truth of God. A Deist, as the Beast will be called, is worse than a Beast. Men had not been so prone to Deism, ⟨p. 19⟩as we do with Horror 〈…〉 them in the Baptized Nations of 〈…〉, if they had 〈…〉 f•rst 〈…〉 by Beastly Debauch••••• ▪ In the Christian Religion, we are taught the way to Blessedness, in the Enjoyment of God: This Christian Religion is truly and justly called, in