Author: William Carlisle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780259480792

Excerpt from An Essay on Evil Spirits, or Reasons to Prove Their Existence: In Opposition to a Lecture, Delivered by the Rev. N. T. Heineken, in the Unitarian Chapel, Bradford IN these days of fanciful innovation, and bold im piety, Scriptural Doctrines are abused and perverted on the one hand, by the extravagance of folly and enthusiasm and are insulted on the other, by the scoffs of Socinians. They are ridiculed as a vague and visionary finds its origin only in the Wildsimaginationscf men. Notwithstanding the, contempt and ridicule which are continually poured, /from the lips Of Opposers, the author avows himself a: believer In all the peculiar and essential doctrines of the Gospel and his intention in publishing this essay is, to defend these doctrines against the injua2 diciouslevasions, wild reveries, bombastical assent-5 tions, andgsarcastical animadversions, of those men, who wouidufl'pb Christianity Of itsglory, blast curl hopes, and make this. World one vast scenefof misery and chaos. 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.