Excerpt from An Estimate of the Antecedent Probability of the Christian Religion: And of Its Main Doctrines, in Six Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin; Being the Donnellan Lectures for 1858 IN the way of preface I have little to say. The title of this volume is perhaps in some degree likely to deter those for whose benefit it is mainly designed as it may seem to promise a highly speculative discussion and a metaphysical style of language - now become prevalent among the antagonists of modern sceptical philosophy. This has been forced upon many able divines who have undertaken to contend with the rationalism of a foreign school: but, however useful it may be in the counteraction of an infidel philosophy, it has introduced a tone of discussion far above the intellect of the edu cated multitude. I think it for this reason not wholly needless to explain at the outset, the actual character and design of the method of the following Discourses. Whatever degree of originality I may claim for the ar gument in its general application, the matter of its pre. 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.