Reason

About this eBook

Author

Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

Title

Reason, the Only Oracle of Man; Or, A Compendius System of Natural Religion

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Rationalism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37694

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37694

Release Date

October 10, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REASON, — THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN; OR A COMPENDIUS SYSTEM OF NATURAL RELIGION.
2. 2.By Col. Ethan Allen. — Boston: J. P. Mendum, Cornhill. 1854.
3. 3.REASON
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.PREFACE. — ORACLES OF REASON,
6. 6.CHAPTER I.
7. 7.SECTION I. THE DUTY OF REFORMING MANKIND FROM SUPERSTITION AND ERROR... — AND THE GOOD CONSEQUENCES OF IT
8. 8.SECTION II. OF THE BEING OF A GOD
9. 9.SECTION III. THE MANNER OF DISCOVERING THE MORAL PERFECTIONS... — AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
10. 10.SECTION IV. THE CAUSE OF IDOLATRY, AND THE REMEDY OF IT
11. 11.CHAPTER II.
12. 12.SECTION I. OF THE ETERNITY OF CREATION
13. 13.SECTION II. OBSERVATIONS OF MOSES'S ACCOUNT OF CREATION
14. 14.SECTION III. OF THE ETERNITY AND INFINITUDE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
15. 15.SECTION IV. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD DOES NOT INTERFERE... — WITH THE AGENCY OF MAN.
16. 16.CHAPTER III.
17. 17.SECTION I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE INFINITY OF EVIL AND OF SIN CONSIDERED
18. 18.SECTION II. THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD AS INCOMPATIBLE... — WITH ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
19. 19.SECTION III. HUMAN LIBERTY, AGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CANNOT... — BE ATTENDED WITH ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES, EITHER GOOD OR EVIL
20. 20.SECTION IV. OF PHYSICAL EVILS.
21. 21.CHAPTER IV.
22. 22.SECTION I. SPECULATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE DEPRAVITY... — OF HUMAN REASON.
23. 23.SECTION II. CONTAINING A DISQUISITION OF THE LAW OF NATURE...
24. 24.CHAPTER V.
25. 25.SECTION I. ARGUMENTATIVE REFLECTIONS ON SUPERNATURAL... — AND MYSTERIOUS REVELATION IN GENERAL.
26. 26.SECTION II. CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROVIDENCE...
27. 27.CHAPTER VI.
28. 28.SECTION I. OF MIRACLES
29. 29.SECTION II. A SUCCESSION OF KNOWLEDGE, OR OF THE EXERTION OF POWER...
30. 30.SECTION III. RARE AND WONDERFUL PHENOMENA NO EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES...
31. 31.SECTION IV. PRAYER CANNOT BE ATTENDED WITH MIRACULOUS CONSEQUENCES
32. 32.CHAPTER VII.
33. 33.SECTION I. THE VAGUENESS AND UNINTELLIGIBLENESS OF THE PROPHECIES... — RENDER THEM INCAPABLE OF PROVING REVELATION.
34. 34.SECTION II. THE CONTENTIONS WHICH SUBSISTED BETWEEN THE PROPHETS...
35. 35.CHAPTER VIII.
36. 36.SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF FAITH AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS
37. 37.SECTION II. OF THE TRADITIONS OF OUR FOREFATHERS
38. 38.SECTION III. OUR FAITH IS GOVERNED BY OUR REASONINGS...
39. 39.CHAPTER IX.
40. 40.SECTION I. A TRINITY OF PERSONS CANNOT EXIST IN THE DIVINE ESSENCE...
41. 41.SECTION IX. ESSENCE BEING THE CAUSE OF IDENTITY... — IS INCONSISTENT WITH PERSONALITY IN THE DIVINE NATURE
42. 42.SECTION III. THE IMPERFECTION OF KNOWLEDGE... — IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, INCOMPATIBLE WITH HIS DIVINITY
43. 43.CHAPTER X.
44. 44.SECTION I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF MAN, IN MOSES'S PARADISE...
45. 45.SECTION II. POINTING OUT THE NATURAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF ALL AND EVERY...
46. 46.SECTION III. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL OR OF MORAL EVIL...
47. 47.CHAPTER XI.
48. 48.SECTION I. IMPUTATION CANNOT CHANGE, ALIENATE OR TRANSFER...
49. 49.SECTION II. THE MORAL RECTITUDE OF THINGS FORECLOSES... — THE ACT OF IMPUTATION.
50. 50.SECTION III. CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE ATONEMENT... — AND SATISFACTION FOR ORIGINAL SIN
51. 51.SECTION IV. REMARKS ON REDEMPTION, WROUGHT OUT BY INFLICTING...
52. 52.CHAPTER XII. — SECTION I. OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TRANSLATING AN INFALLIBLE...
53. 53.SECTION II. THE VARIETY OF ANNOTATIONS AND EXPOSITIONS...
54. 54.SECTION III. ON THE COMPILING OP THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SCRIPTURES...
55. 55.CHAPTER XIII. — SECTION I. MORALITY DERIVED FROM NATURAL FITNESS...
56. 56.SECTION II. OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EXERCISE OF REASON... — AND PRACTICE OF MORALITY, IN ORDER TO THE HAPPINESS OF MANKIND.

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