CONTENTS. 



StfTRODUCTlON ... ...... ... 1.7 



Necessity of Revelation. Folly of discarding the Science of Nature from Religion. 

 Beneficial Effects which flow from the study of the Works of God. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE NATURAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE DEITY. 

 SECTION I. 



*?M THE RELATION OP THE NATURAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE DEITY TO RELI 

 GION ..-.......----16 



The Christian Religion founded on the Natural Attributes of God. His Power as 

 interesting a subject as his Mercy Illustrated in two instances. Evils which arise 

 from imperfect conceptions of Divine Power. Defects in Religious Instruction on 

 this subject. Sources of Illustration. 



SECTION II. 

 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE OMNIPOTENCE OF THE DEITY - - - - -38 



The material world exhibits a more striking display of this Perfection than the super 

 natural facts recorded in Scripture. Immense quantity of Matter in the universe. 

 Mode of acquiring the most comprehensive conception of the bulk of the Earih 

 its variety of scenery its mass of solid matter. Magnitude of the bodies which 

 compose the Solar System. Magnitude and number of the Stars. Procedure of 

 the mind in acquiring the most impressive conceptions of such august objects. Re 

 flections. Rapid Motions of the Celestial Bodies. How we acquire the ideas of 

 relative velocities weight of the Earth immense physical forces Grandeur of 

 the motion of Saturn immense number of bodies impelled through the heav** 10 

 Reflections. Immense Spaces which surround the Heavenly Bodies- T ..^nons. 

 Popular illustration of the Motions of the Earth and Heavens. Extract from Dr. 

 Ridgeley, with remarks. Universe intended to adumbrate the Attributes of God, and 

 to make a sublime impression on created beings. Similar trains of thought sug-. 

 gested in the Scriptures. Moral Effects of such contemplations. Humility. Folly 

 of pride low rank of man in the scale of being. Reverence and Veneration Rea 

 son why mankind feel so little veneration of God how it may be increased. The 

 Deity unsearchable. Hope and Confidence in the prospect of futurity Resurrec 

 tion Scenes of Eternity. 



SECTION III. 

 ON THE WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE DEITY ----- 61 



Wisdom denned Displayed in the Structure of the Solar System. Distance of the 

 Sun. Rotation of the Planets Principal reason why such a motion exists. Wisdom 

 displayed in other Systems. Minute displays of this attribute cannot be traced in the 

 heavens. Wisdom, as displayed in the constitution of our globe adjustment of its solid 

 parts to the necessities of the beings which inhabit it. Mountains, their uses exist in 

 other worlds. Diversity of colour argument for a plurality of worlds general colour 

 which prevails in the scene of nature Water, its use in the system of nature its 

 composition, evaporation motion of the liquid element its beneficial effects. The 

 Atmosphere its weight and pressure its component parts its various properties 

 necessary to animal life, flame, sound, twilight wisdom displayed in its constitution. 

 Expansion of water in the act of freezing. 

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