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of mankind, I. 13. 132. A divine revelation poffible, I. 13. 133, 134. 201. II. 44. 367. The great need men ſtand in of divine revelation to inſtruct them in matters of the highelſt im- portance, I. 16. 131, 132. II. 45, ef 9. 367, 368. And to enforce moral obligation, II. 5 7. The ſuppoſing the neceſſity of revelation dorh not caſt a reflection on Divine Providence, 15. 65. Lord Bolingbroke's own ſcheme, contrary to his intention, tends to ſfhew the uſefulneſs and neceſſity of divine revelation, 25. 69, 70. A revelation communicated from the beginning to the firſt anceſtors of the human race, I. 17. II. 63. 66. 145, 146. Revelation not deſigned to come with irreſiſtible force, ſo as to conſtrain men's aſſent, II. 67. When ſufficiently proved, it ought to be received with the moſt profound reverence, with the molt intire ſubmiſſion, and with the moſt unfeigned thankſgiv- ing, 15. 45. Its teaching thiags incomprehenſfible, as to their manner of being, no juſt objection againtt it, II. 168. 393. 404, 405.

RwaRD FUTuRE- Promiſed in the Goſpel— Noble and excel- lent, I. 52. /1. The being animated with the hope of it con- ſiſtent with the moſt eminent virtue; and hath nothing in it diſ- ingenuous and flaviſh, but is rather an argument of a great and noble mind, 75. 54. 69. 71. It doth not hinder our loving vir- tue for its own ſake, but rather heightens our eſteem of its worth and amiableneſs, 15. 68, 69. The rewards of a fature ſtate ad- mit of different degrees in proportion to men's different profici- encies in holineſs and virtue, II. 233.

RIcHaRPsON Mr. His Canon of tbe Nea Teſlament vindicated — in anſwer to Toland's Amyntor, 1. 49.

RrDIOULE Not the propereſt teſt of truth, I. 6o, Sc. A turn to ridicule not the beſt diſpoſition for making an impartial en- quiry, ib. When wrongly applied, it hath often been of great diſſervice to religion and virtue, 16.

RroHr— That maxim, W'hatſcever is is risht, in what ſenſe to be underſtood, II. 22, 23. When properly explained it is per- ſectly conſiſtent with the ſappoſition of a future ſtate, 16.

RooERs Dr.— His Sermons on the Necestttey of Rewelation and Remarks on Collins's Scheme of literal Prophecy conſidered, I. 99.

RoMan STaTrE— lts proſperity, according to Lord Bolingbroke, owing to religion, and the belief of a providence; and the neg- lect of religion the cauſe of its ruin, II. 406, marg. note.

8. SACRAMENTS Of the New Teſtament acknowleged by Lord Bo- lngbroke to be ſimple and uſeful inſtitutions, II. 164. SACRIFICES Of divine original and appointment, II. 206. The reaſons and ends of their inftitution, 75. 207. SATISFACTION See EXxPIATION. G g'3 SckIP-