Nothing is so glorious in the Eyes of Mankind, and ornamental to Human Nature, setting aside
infinite Advantages
which
arise from it, as a strong, steady masculine Piety; but Enthusiasm and Superstition are the Weaknesses of human Reason, that expose us to the Scorn and Derision of Infidels, and sink us even below the Beasts that perish.
Idolatry may be looked upon as another Error arising from mistaken Devotion; but because Reflections on that Subject would be of no use to an
English
Reader, I shall not enlarge upon it.