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Excerpt from The Theological and Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Priestley, Vol. 11 The reader must not be offended if the same observations occur several times in the course of these Notes, as similar passages require them, and especially when their importance is very great. Without this, the exposition Of many pas sages would be exceedingly imperfect; and it would greatly perplex the reader to be referred from one part of the work to another, in order to the understanding of the passage before him. Besides, the state of the times with respect to the most prominent subjects of general discussion, requires the more frequent mention Of some topics than of others. A Pro testant expositor, for example, writing about the time of the Reformation from Popery, would naturally take frequent Opportunities of exposing the gross abuses in doctrine and discipline which had been introduced by the church of Rome, in order the more effectually to guard his hearers against the prevailing superstitions and errors. This, in a Protestant country, is not now necessary. For a similar reason, writing, as I do, in an age in which there is great prevalence of infidelity, and in which the great majority of Christians are Trinitarians, I have been led to dwell more than I should otherwise have done on circumstances that are favourable to the evidences of reve lation, and the doctrine of the Divine Unity. Had there been fewer unbelievers, and had Christians in general been Unitarians, this would not have been necessary. 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.

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