A

VIE W

Of the PRINCIPAL

DEISTICAL WRITERS

THAT HAVE

Appeared in ENGLAND in the
laft and present CENTURY;

WITH

OBSERVATIONS upon them,

AND SOME

ACCOUNT of the ANSWERS that have
been published against them.

In feveral LETTERS to a FRIEND.

Printed by W. RICHARDSON and S. CLARK,
For R. and J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall, and
T. LONGMAN in Pater-nofter Row,

M DCC LXIV.

A

THE

PREFACE.

O man that is not utterly unacquainted with the state of things among us can be ignorant, that in the laft, and efpecially in the prefent age, there have been many books publifhed, the manifest design of which was, to set aside revealed religion. Never in any country where Christianity is profeffed, were there fuch repeated attempts to fubvert its divine authority, carried on fometimes under various difguifes, and at other times without any disguise at all. The moft noted writers on that fide, have been at liberty to produce their ftrongest objections; thefe objections have been retailed by others: and many feem to take it for granted, that Chriftianity hath received very fenfible wounds by the feveral attacks that have been made upon it, and that they have greatly hurt its credit, and weakened its authority.