DEMONSTRATION

OF THE

BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

MORE PARTICULARLY

IN ANSWER TO MR HOBBES, SPINOZA,

AND THEIR FOLLOWERS.

WHEREIN THE NOTION OF LIBERTY IS STATED, AND THE POSSIBILITY AND CERTAINTY OF IT PROVED, IN OPPOSITION TO NECESSITY AND FATE.

BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF EIGHT SERMONS, PREACHED IN THE CATHEDRAL-CHURCH OF ST PAUL, IN THE YEAR 1704, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE, ESQ.

Rom. i.20. -- For the invisible things of Him from the Creation of the World are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; even his Eternal Power and Godhead: So that they are without excuse.

A

DISCOURSE

CONCERNING THE

OBLIGATIONS OF NATURAL RELIGION,

AND THE

TRUTH AND CERTAINTY

OF THE

CHRISTIAN REVELATION.

IN ANSWER TO MR HOBBES, SPINOZA, THE AUTHOR OF THE ORACLES OF REASON, AND OTHER DENIERS OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION.

BEING SIXTEEN SERMONS PREACHED IN THE CATHEDRAL-CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, IN THE YEARS 1704-5, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HON. ROBERT BOYLE, ESQ.

WITH SUPPLEMENTARY MATTER.

By SAMUEL CLARKE, D.D.

Late Rector of St James#8217;s, Westminster.

A NEW EDITION.

GLASGOW:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD GRIFFIN AND CO.

T. TEGG, G. OFFOR, J. & C. EVANS, J. JONES, R. BALDOCK. T. ROBINSON & CO. C. SHARPE & SON, AND E. BAYNES, LONDON; E. WEST & CO. AND A. ALLARDICE, EDINBURGH; AND M. JELLET, BELFAST.

1823.

TO THE

MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD,

THOMAS,

LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, AND PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND;

SIR HENRY ASHURST, BARONET; SIR JOHN ROTHERAM, KNIGHT, SERGEANT AT LAW; JOHN EVELIN, ESQ.

TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY THE HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE, ESQ.

THIS DISCOURSE

IS HUMBLY DEDICATED.