wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

orjf\\An Account of the Life and TVritings«'Dr. More in a Letter to Dr. JVorthington, Feb. 7. 166^.Some few friends at Cambridge were exceeding earnefl: with me to write a'' fliort Ethicks, allcdging no fmall reafon for it. I did not only lieartily rejtdt*'them more than once, but with great zeal, if not nidenefs, alleclging fe-" veral things, whicii v/cre too long to write, indeed in a manner vihfying" the projed, prcfrrring Experience of Life before all fuch hne Syftems ; al-*'ledging alfo, that Dr. Cudwc'th had a ticfign for the greateft curiofity of«' that fiibjed. But nothing would content thci but my fetting upon the*'work •, that it was uncertain, when Dr. Cndz^crib's would come out ; and" befides, mine being a fmall treatife, running through the whole body of*' Ethicks, they would not interfere one with another. For my part, till I*'had by chance told Dr. Cudivorth of my purpofe, (which I did fimply," thinking nothing) and how many chapters I had fini died, I knew nothing" either of the time, or the fcope of his writing -, if he intended a'' general Ethicks. But the effed of thofe Friends earneftnefs (to tell you•' plainly how the cafe ftood) was this : A day or two after their laft impor-" tunicy, I waking in the morning, and fome of their weightiefl allegations" recurring to my mind ; and alio remembring, with what an exceiTive ear-" neftnefs one of them follicited me to this work (in which I thought there" might be fomething more than ordinary, and that he was actuated in*' this bufinefs I knew not how,) I began ferioufly to think with my felf of*' the matter; and at laft was fo confcientioufly illaqueated therein, that I*'could not abfolutely free myfelf therefrom to this very day. Nor was this" only an act of mere confcience, but of prefent felf-denial. For it did very" vehemently crofs other great and innocent pleafures, that I promifed myfelf" in a certain order of my ftudies, which I had newly propofed to myfelf at*' that very time. But when I was once engaged, I proceeded not without" fome jileafure."Dr. More^ In a Letter to Dr. Worthington., May 10. 1665." I thank you for your freedom both to him and to me. It never came" into my mind to print this Enchiridian, till his book was out, unlefs he would*•have profelTed his like of the projeft. I have new tranlcribed it all. Mr.«'Jenks and Mr. Fnlkvood are exceeding earned to fee it, and would tranfcribe*' it for their prefent latisfafcion. But if they fhould do {o, and ic be known,*' it would, it may be, d;fgull Dr. Cuduorth, whom I am very loth any way*' to grieve. But if yourfelf have a mind to fee it, and could get a fair and*' true copy tranfcrib'd of it, I would willingly pay the Tranfcriber, and the*' Copy fhould be yours ; for I am loth, that what I have writ on lo edifying.*' afubjcft,fhouldbeloll."Irreligion began now to lift up its head ; but the progrefs of it was oppofedby no perfon with greater force and learning than by our Author. For thispurpofe in 1670, lie pnbliHi'd at London, in folio, his True Intelle^ual Syjlemcf the Ufiiverfe : The frji Part, xvherein all the Reafon and Philofophy ofJiheifm