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Author : Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1743
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00008396
Author : George BENSON (D.D., of Great Salkeld.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
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Release : 1743
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019953121
Author : British Library (London),Jim Emmett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
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Release : 1981
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015082941314
Author : Henry Dodwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 197311934X
DODWELL, HENRY, the younger (d. 1784), deist, fourth child and eldest son of Henry Dodwell [q. v.], was born at Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, probably about the beginning of the eighteenth century. He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. 9 Feb. 1726. Subsequently he studied law. He is said to have been 'a polite, humane, and benevolent man,' and to have taken a very active part in the early proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. But the one circumstance which alone has rescued his name from oblivion was the publication of a very remarkable pamphlet in 1742, entitled 'Christianity not founded on Argument.' The work was published anonymously, but Dodwell was well known to be the author. It was professedly written in defence of Christianity, and many thought at the time, and some think even still, that it was written in all seriousness. But its tendency obviously is to reduce Christianity to an absurdity, and, judging from the internal evidence of the work, the writer appears to have been far too keen-sighted a man not to perceive that this must be the conclusion arrived at by those who accept his arguments. To understand his work, it must be remembered that 'reasonableness' was the keynote to all the discussions respecting theology in the first half of the eighteenth century. The pamphlet appeared towards the close of the deistical controversy, after the deists had been trying to prove for half a century that a belief in revealed religion was unreasonable, and the orthodox that it was reasonable. In opposition to both, Dodwell maintained that 'assent to revealed truth, founded upon the conviction of the understanding, is a false and unwarrantable notion;' that 'that person best enjoys faith who never asked himself a question about it, and never dwelt at all on the evidence of reason;' that 'the Holy Ghost irradiates the souls of believers at once with an irresistible light from heaven that flashes conviction in a moment, so that this faith is completed in an instant, and the most perfect and finished creed produced at once without any tedious progress in deductions of our own;' that 'the rational Christian must have begun as a sceptic; must long have doubted whether the gospel was true or false. And can this,' he asks, 'be the faith that overcometh the world? Can this be the faith that makes a martyr?' After much more to the same effect, he concludes, 'therefore, my son, give thyself to the Lord with thy whole heart, and lean not to thy own understanding.'At the time when Dodwell wrote the reaction had begun to set in against this exaltation of 'reason' and a 'reasonable Christianity.' William Law had written his 'Case of Reason,' &c., in which he strives to show that reason had no case at all, and Dodwell's pamphlet seems like a travesty of that very able work. The Methodists had begun to preach with startling effects the doctrines of the 'new birth' and instantaneous conversion, and some of them hailed the new writer as a valuable ally, and recommended him as such to John Wesley. But Wesley was far too clear-sighted not to see the real drift of the work. 'On a careful perusal,' he writes, 'of that piece, notwithstanding my prejudice in its favour, I could not but perceive that the great design uniformly pursued throughout the work was to render the whole of the Christian institution both odious and contemptible. His point throughout is to prove that Christianity is contrary to reason, or that no man acting according to the principles of reason can possibly be a Christian. It is a wonderful proof of the power that smooth words may have even on serious minds that so many have mistook such a writer as this for a friend of Christianity' (Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, p. 14).
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UOM:39015084673352
Author : British Library,Jim Emmett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015082939607
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030000858
Author : Henry Dodwell
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385675063
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Cambridge University Library N054578 Anonymous. By Henry Dodwell. This edition has 8 leaves per gathering and press figures. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1743. 118p.; 8°
Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030000872
Author : Henry] D. 1784 Dodwell
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1371669384
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Author : Henry] D 1784 Dodwell
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356421857
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Author : THOMAS. RANDOLPH
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385447745
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Bodleian Library (Oxford) T162792 'Christianity not founded on argument, &c.' is by Henry Dodwell, the younger. The first part was published in 1744. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1745. [2],216p.; 8°
Author : Henry Dodwell
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1354703464
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Thomas Broughton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1732
Category : Analogy (Religion)
ISBN : OXFORD:N11704638
Author : Thomas Burnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1730
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : OXFORD:N11722523