The history of all religions ... comprehending a series of researches explanatory of the opinions, customs, and representative worship in the churches. Which have been established from the beginning of time to the commencement of the Christian dispensation; the accomplishment of the prophecies of the person of Christ; incontrovertibly proving by the positive declarations of the prophets that he is the true Messiah ... / by John Bellamy.

  • Bellamy, John, 1755-1842.
Date:
1813
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Credit: The history of all religions ... comprehending a series of researches explanatory of the opinions, customs, and representative worship in the churches. Which have been established from the beginning of time to the commencement of the Christian dispensation; the accomplishment of the prophecies of the person of Christ; incontrovertibly proving by the positive declarations of the prophets that he is the true Messiah ... / by John Bellamy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Now whoever answers this description most cer- tainly loves his neighbour as himself; for though it be possible to visit the fatherless and the widow in their affliction, without possessing the least pure religion ; yet if, at the same time, such a visitor keeps himself unspotted from the world, he does unto others as he would they should do unto him. . His worldly trans- actions are governed by a principle of uprightness ; and he is in possession of every virtue, according to the declaration of the prophet, that God has required of man. Micah vi. 8. dnd what hath the Lord required of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Religion being a system of divine faith in God, and of obedience to his commands, it must be interesting to every individual to be acquainted with the origin and de- scent of the first dispensation, which God gave to man. | All, who have hitherto attempted to ‘give an account of the origin and descent of ancient reli- gions, have begun only with the Egyptians. Before this period, every thing of importance respecting the primeval people seems to have been neglected, as if no information concerning them could possi- bly be gained. ‘Their learning, which must have been profound; their arts, sciences, manners, cus- toms, and usages, have been altogether unnoticed,