Excerpt from The Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation, Shewn From the State of Religion in the Antient Heathen World, Vol. 1 of 2: Especially With Respect to the Knowledge and Worship of the One True God; A Rule of Moral Duty; And a State of Future Rewards and Punishments; To Which Is Prefixed, a Preliminary Disourse on Natural and Revealed Religion The Divine Providence has now placed Your majesty at the head of'oue of the niofi powerful arid flourifhing nations in the world, arid put it in Your power to give illufirious proofs of Your concern for. The honour of God, and Your regard to the happinefs Of mankind, by promoting the valuable interef'ts of piety, virtue, and ufeful learning which is the m'ol'r likely way to draw down 'a blefiing from hea'ven'upon' Your majesty's Perfon and government, and to ad vance and fecure the true glory and profperity of Your people. 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.