Sacred History of the World, as Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge: Attempted to Be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sacred History of the World, as Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge: Attempted to Be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son

As Nature will never be properly' understood, if its creation by the Deity be excluded from the thought, -neither will Human history appear a rational or connected system, nor be found in harmony with the science which characterizes the laws of the material Universe, if the Sacred History which has aecom panied our earthly subsistence, be omitted in our contemplation. It is this which gives purpose, order, causation, process, intelligence, and benevolence to the other. At least the present Author never under stood, or duly appreciated, the ancient 'history of mankind, until he viewed it with this association, and had traced such of their mutual relations as he was enabled to discern. New light and intelligibility then spread over the whole, and made that a pleasing and useful study, which had been before a dissatisfying and barren one.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.