Excerpt from The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To Which Are Added Two Brief Dissertations; I. On Personal Identity; II. On the Nature of Virtue The Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham was printed and published in the year 1751, by the learned Prelate whose name it bears; and, together with the Sermons and Analogy of the same writer, both too well known to need a more particular description, completes the collection of his Works. -it has long been considered as a matter of curiosity, on account of its scarceness; and it is equally curious on other ao counts - its subject, and the calumny to which it_gave occasion, of representing the Author as addicted to super stition, as inclined to papery, and as dying in the com munion of the Church of Rome. The improved edition of the Biographie Britannica, published under the care of Dr Kippis, having unavoidably brought this calumny again into notice, it may not be unseasonable to offer a few reflections in this place, by way of obviating any impressions that may hence arise to the disadvantage of so great a character as that of the late Bishop Butler; referring those who desire a more particular account of his life, to the third volume of the same entertaining work, printed in 1784. Art. Butler (joseph). 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.