REASON,
THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN;
OR A COMPENDIUS
SYSTEM OF NATURAL RELIGION.
By Col. Ethan Allen.
Boston:
J. P. Mendum, Cornhill.
1854.
CONTENTS
[ SECTION I. THE DUTY OF REFORMING MANKIND FROM SUPERSTITION AND ERROR... ]
[ SECTION II. OF THE BEING OF A GOD ]
[ SECTION III. THE MANNER OF DISCOVERING THE MORAL PERFECTIONS... ]
[ SECTION IV. THE CAUSE OF IDOLATRY, AND THE REMEDY OF IT ]
[ SECTION I. OF THE ETERNITY OF CREATION ]
[ SECTION II. OBSERVATIONS OF MOSES'S ACCOUNT OF CREATION ]
[ SECTION III. OF THE ETERNITY AND INFINITUDE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE ]
[ SECTION IV. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD DOES NOT INTERFERE... ]
[ SECTION I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE INFINITY OF EVIL AND OF SIN CONSIDERED ]
[ SECTION II. THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD AS INCOMPATIBLE... ]
[ SECTION III. HUMAN LIBERTY, AGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CANNOT... ]
[ SECTION IV. OF PHYSICAL EVILS. ]
[ SECTION I. SPECULATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE DEPRAVITY... ]
[ SECTION II. CONTAINING A DISQUISITION OF THE LAW OF NATURE... ]
[ SECTION I. ARGUMENTATIVE REFLECTIONS ON SUPERNATURAL... ]
[ SECTION II. CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROVIDENCE... ]
[ SECTION II. A SUCCESSION OF KNOWLEDGE, OR OF THE EXERTION OF POWER... ]
[ SECTION III. RARE AND WONDERFUL PHENOMENA NO EVIDENCE OF MIRACLES... ]
[ SECTION IV. PRAYER CANNOT BE ATTENDED WITH MIRACULOUS CONSEQUENCES ]
[ SECTION I. THE VAGUENESS AND UNINTELLIGIBLENESS OF THE PROPHECIES... ]
[ SECTION II. THE CONTENTIONS WHICH SUBSISTED BETWEEN THE PROPHETS... ]
[ SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF FAITH AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS ]
[ SECTION II. OF THE TRADITIONS OF OUR FOREFATHERS ]
[ SECTION III. OUR FAITH IS GOVERNED BY OUR REASONINGS... ]
[ SECTION I. A TRINITY OF PERSONS CANNOT EXIST IN THE DIVINE ESSENCE... ]
[ SECTION IX. ESSENCE BEING THE CAUSE OF IDENTITY... ]
[ SECTION III. THE IMPERFECTION OF KNOWLEDGE... ]
[ SECTION I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF MAN, IN MOSES'S PARADISE... ]
[ SECTION II. POINTING OUT THE NATURAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF ALL AND EVERY... ]
[ SECTION III. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL OR OF MORAL EVIL... ]
[ SECTION I. IMPUTATION CANNOT CHANGE, ALIENATE OR TRANSFER... ]
[ SECTION II. THE MORAL RECTITUDE OF THINGS FORECLOSES... ]
[ SECTION III. CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE ATONEMENT... ]
[ SECTION IV. REMARKS ON REDEMPTION, WROUGHT OUT BY INFLICTING... ]
[ SECTION II. THE VARIETY OF ANNOTATIONS AND EXPOSITIONS... ]
[ SECTION III. ON THE COMPILING OP THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SCRIPTURES... ]
[ SECTION II. OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EXERCISE OF REASON... ]