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PorvyTruEISM— According to Lord Bolingbroke more conformable to the natural ſentiments of the human mind, eſpecially in the firſt uncultivated ages, than the belief of one only Supreme Cauſe of all things, II. 46. Countenanced by the moſt ancient philoſophers and legiſlators, who thought it dangerous to cure, and uſeful to confirm it, ꝛ5. 47. 94, 95.

PrAYER Objections againſt it inſinuated by Mr. Blount, I. 41. Mr. Chubb thinks there is an impropriety in praying to God; and that there is reaſon to apprehend that it is diſpleaſing to him, ib. 106. Lord Bolingbroke ſeems to acknowlege it to be a duty of the Law of Nature, II. 35. Events coming in anſwer to Prayer no argument of their being miraculous, I. 421, 422.

PRIDE- Not encouraged by the Chriſtian fyſtem, II. 216, 217. The principal doctrines of religion attributed by Lord Boling- broke to the pride of the human heart, i5. 217, 218.

PRooPS— Abſurd to require greater proofs than the nature of the thing can bear, II. 79. 179, 180.

PRopHECY— The argument from it vindicated, I. 221, 222. Wiſely added to miracles, in proof of divine revelation, 15.

PRoOPHEcCIEsS of the Old Teſtament—Not merely to be under- ſtood in an allegorical ſenſe, I. 92. Many of them literally ap- plied to our Saviour, 15b. 94. Others of them typical, i5. The double ſenſe of Prophecy vindicated, i5. 9. Some of the paſ- ſages which are regarded as prophecies only cited by way of accommodation, 75. 97.

PROFPRETS ancient— Miſfrepreſented by Mr. Collins, I. 87, 38. Inveighed againſt by Dr. Morgau, as the great diſturbers of their country, and cauſes of its ruin, i5. 136.

Paonosirious— The truth of them to be acknowleged, when fairly proved, though we are unable clearly to ſolve the diffi- culties relating to them, II. 393, 394. 404.

PROvIDENCEO A particular one denied by Mr. Chabb, I. 195, 196. Lord Bolingbroke pretends neither to affirm nor deny a par- ticular Providence—yet argues agai aſt it at large, i5. 412. The doctrine of Providence aſferted and explained, 75. 413, et o½. It naturally follows upon the exiſtence of God, and his creation of the world, 75. What we are to underſtand by a particular Providence, 15. 414. The great importance of that doctrine ſhewn, 15. 415. The abſurdity of Lord Bolingbroke’s notion, that Providence regards men collectively, and not individually, 15. 416. Hiis arguments againſt a particular Providence pr-o- ceed upon a falſe foundation, ib. 420. He charges the doctrine of a particular Providence as owing to human pride, 15. 42 5. His ibjuſtice in charging Chriſtians with accuſing Divine Pro- vidence in this preſent ſtate, II. 21, 22. 224.

PuxIsuMEVTS FUTURE- The belief of them acknowleged to be of great uſe in this preſent ſtate, by the Earl of Shafteſbury, I. 5 5

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