Excerpt from A View of the Principal Deistical Writers That Have Appeared in England in the Last and Present Century, Vol. 1 of 2: With Observations Upon Them, and Some Account of the Answers That Have Been Published Against Them, in Several Letters to a Friend The method propofed, and for the molt part pur'fued, is this The leverai writers are mentioned in the order of time in which they appeared. Some account is given of their writings, and of the' leverai fchemes they'have ad ranced, as far as the caufe of revelation is. Concerned. And great care has been taken to make a fair repref enta tion of them, according to the belt judgment 1 could form of their defign. Some oblervations are added, which may help to lead the reader into a jull notion of thole, writings, and to deteet and obviate the ill tendency of them. There rs alto an account fubjoined of the afrfwers that a ere publilhed; not all ofthem, but fome of' themol't remarkable, or fuch as have come under the author's {pes cial notice. And very probably fome have been. Omitted, which might wcll deferve to be particularly-mentioned. 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.