Excerpt from Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy Scriptures When the evidences of Christianity are exhibited, an appeal is made to the reason of men for its truth; but all evidence and all argument would be perfectly futile, if reason were not permitted to judge of their force. This noble faculty was certainly given to man to be a guide in religion, as well as in other things. He possesses no other means by which he can form a judgment on any subject, or assent to any tri'th; and it would be no more absurd to talk of seeing without eyes, tnan of knowing any thing without reason. It is therefore a great mistake to suppose that reli gion forbids or discourages the right use of reason So far from this, she enjoins it as a duty of high moral obligation, and reproves those who neglect to judge for themselves what is right. 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.