Philosophia pia; or, a discourse of the religious temper, and tendencies of the experimental philosophy, which is profest by the Royal Society. To which is annext a recommendation, and defence of reason in the affairs of religion / By Jos. Glanville.

  • Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
Date:
1671
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Credit: Philosophia pia; or, a discourse of the religious temper, and tendencies of the experimental philosophy, which is profest by the Royal Society. To which is annext a recommendation, and defence of reason in the affairs of religion / By Jos. Glanville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ture, only the fear, and fancy of the meer vulgar, it wéreé to bé par- don’d eafily, and lightly to be confiderd; but the worft is, the infection of thé weak jealoufie hath fpread it fel among fome of thofe whofe Lips fhould preferve knowledge ; and there are, I doubt, divers of the InStruétors of the people, whofhould endeavour to deliver them from the vain images of fancy, that foment thofe fears in their ow imaginations, and theirs. For the fake of fuch, and thofe others, who are capable of Conviction, I fhall endeavour to juttifie fober Inquifitions into Gods Works ; and to fhew, that they are not only zanocent, but very wfeful in moft of the affairs wherein Relj- gionis concerned. This I fhall do under thefle four General Heads. B 2 (lL)