Excerpt from The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principles of a Religious Deist, Vol. 1 of 6: From the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Reward and Punishment in the Jewish DispensationIhduld not, 'i fay, fee this, but believe on the Contrary, that it was really intended as a pith lz'c, an elaborate, an earne/z Di/fua/ine from the Study of the Scriptures! But I have fo charitable an Opinion of the great Author, for a great Author Without Doubt he was, as to believe that had he forefeen, the Liberty that animates this fine turned Piece of Rail lery, would have given Scandal to any good Man, he would, for the Confolation of fuch, havemade any reafonable Abatement in the Vigour of his Wit and Argument.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.