On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man : principally with reference to the supply of his wants and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / by John Kidd.

  • Kidd, John, 1775-1851.
Date:
1836
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    and omnipotence of the Deity, or of his bene- ficence and wisdom; though undoubtedly it is hoped by the writer, as it was intended by the munificent individual who originally pro- posed the general subject of this and the ac- companying Treatises, that such a conviction, if not already existing, may be produced by its perusal. Without questioning, therefore, on the present occasion, the intellectual powers or the moral motives of those who profess them- selves sceptics with respect to either natural or revealed religion, the Author addresses himself principally to those who are believers in both the one and the other. With respect indeed to a disbelief in the basis of natural religion, he must ever feel assured, as in another place he has expressed himself, that, however easy it may be to account for the external profession of a disbelief in God, the supposition of the exist- ence of intellectual atheism involves an intel- lectual absurdity. With respect to the truth of Revelation, although the subject of this Treatise is not directly connected with that question, he would still wish to consider himself as addressing those chiefly who with himself believe that the