Excerpt from Paganism and Christianity: Compared in a Course of Lectures to the King's Scholars, at Westminster, in the Years 1806-7-8The second part is employed in discussing the opinions of the Pagans concerning the Worship of a Deity, and the pursuit of Happiness, as it was prescribed by the Philosophical sects. It maybe termed a view of mythological and mo ral notions, as they are opposed to the overlast ing promises of the Gospel and it contains an examination of some of the more eminent Sys tems of Theology, and the Summum Bonum, which prevailed in the Heathen world.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.