[1] Moses put to death in one day 24,000 men, because they resisted his laws. [↑]

[2] We read in the [Book of Kings, chap. xxii, v. 6], that Ahab, the King of Israel consulted 400 prophets who were all false, as the result of their vaticinations showed. [↑]

[3] [Genesis, chap. iv, v. 7.] [↑]

[4] [I. Samuel chap. xv, v. 11]. [↑]

[5] [Jeremiah, chap. xviii, v. 10.] [↑]

Chap. II.

ON THE REASONS WHICH HAVE LED MANKIND TO BELIEVE IN A DIVINITY.