STUDY VIII. •I4<; 



STUDY EIGHTH. 



REPLIES 



TO THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST A DIVINE PROVIDENCE, 

 AND THE HOPES OF A LIFE TO COME, FOUNDED ON 

 THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE NATURE OF GOD, AND 

 THE MISERIES OF A PRESENT STATE. 



*^ TTTHAT avails it me," fome one vyill fay, 

 V V " that my tyrants are puniflied, if I 

 " am ftill to be the viflim of tyranny ? Is it pof- 

 ** fible that fuch compenfations (hould be the 

 *' work of GOD ? Great Philofoohers, who have 

 ** devoted their whole life to the fludy of Nature, 

 *' have refufed to acknowledge it's Author. Who 

 ** hath feen GOD at any time? What is it that 

 ** conftitutes GOD ? But taking it for granted 

 " that an intelligent Being direds the affairs of 

 ** this Univerfe, Man alTuredly is abandoned to 

 *' himfelf : no hand has traced his career: as far 

 " as he is concerned, there are, apparently, two 

 *' Deities; the one inviting him to unbounded 

 " enjoyment, and the other dooming him to end- 



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