Excerpt from Views of Christian Truth, Piety, and Morality: Selected From the Writings of Dr. Priestley; With a Memoir of His Life IT is many years ago that the idea of the present publi cation occurred to me. In'looking at some of the works of this voluminous writer, I perceived that there were many passages, now unknown, which, if collected together, would form a valuable volume of religious instruction, ao ceptable to devout readers and honorable to the memory of the distinguished author. Various circumstances de layed the. Execution of the design, and I had finally com mitted it to the charge of a friend who proposed to do it at his leisure. Meantime some recent abusive notices of Priestley recalled my attention to the subject, and seemed to present a fitting occasion for a work which would at once instruct and animate religious readers, and do something toward vindicating the character of an injured man; a man, who, with all his errors, and they seem to me to have been many, was yet distinguished for a pure and unalienable devotion to the cause of Christianity, a strong piety, an incorruptible Love of truth, and an integ rity and simplicity truly apostolic. Little as I can sym pathise with many of his favorite views, I can still less sympathise with the injustice which consigns so much excellence to calumny and disgrace. 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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