TO THE HONORABLE HENRY AUGUSTUS DILLON, Colonel of the 10ft, or DUKE of YORK's Irish Regiment, &c. &c. &c, SIR, N thefe few fheets you will fee the univerfally admitted principles. of Chriftianity clearly stated, and all exceptions taken by the Heathen Philofophers, Celfus, Crefcentius, Lucian, and Julian, the apoftate, and from them tranfcribed by their fucceffors, modern fceptics, or, as they are called, modern Philofophifts, fairly difcuffed. No expreffion, offenfive to any defcription of Chriftians, has efcaped the writer's pen, which he recollects; his ftrictures are confined to Anti-Chriftian Works; the authors he has not named, not through any refpect for their perfons, which the reader will easily perceive, but he did not think. pro per to point out fources of immorality and error to idle curiosity; nor would he flatter the vanity of an infignificant fcribbler by inferting his name, though it were but to expofe him to contempt. He thinks a work of this nature may with great great propriety be recommended to the protection of a Stacefman, whofe eloquence in the Senate, and pen in the Cabinet, have been confecrated to the defence of the general rights of all defcriptions of Christians; and whose conduct, as a military character, has received from this town a moft honorable teftimony. The writer having no claims nor expectancies from power or protection; no fears nor apprehenfions from enmity or malignity, pays this tribute of personal esteem, and begs leave to infcribe the work to a Nobleman, who is perfectly capable of appreciating its value. And is, With great refpect, Your most obedient humble servant, E. B. V. G. QUE. HALIFAX, Nov. 8th, 1808. LAUS CHRISTO DEO NOSTRO EJUS QUE MATRI SEMPER VIRGINI. E. B. "Invifibilia enim ipfius a creturâ mundi, per ea quæ facta funt, intellecta, confpicuntur: fempiterna quoque ejus virtus et divinitas : ita ut inexcufabiles fint." Ad. Rom. Ç. 1. V. 20. THE HE Apostle, in his epiftle to the Romans, fpeaking of the Heathen philofophers, fays, that they were not only criminal but inexcufable in their infidelity: this terrific fentence he founds on the most fimple, yet irresistible reason: the invifible power of God, and his divinity, are fo manifeft in his works that no excufe is admissible in extenuation of the fin of infidelity. His words apply with double force to the pretended philofophers of our days, men, the light of whofe understanding has been totally extinguished by the depravity of their hearts; and the strong impreffions made in their early days by a Chriftian education, entirely effaced by profligacy furpaffing that of the Heathens whom St. Paul paints in fuch ftrong colouring. By a train of reafoning to demonftrate the existence of a God, a Supreme Being, all wife, all powerful, and eternal, a first cause, which gave existence to us, and to all the other Beings, which compofe the universe; and continues to fupport that beauty, that harmony, which we admire in, the world, is useless: all reasoning is loft on the man who denies it his heart is callous, and his head infane. The man whofe understanding is not warped by the perverfenefs of his heart fees and feels it. A In |