5. Something must have existed from all eternity.

6. "Atoms cannot be arranged, in a manner expressive of the most
exquisite design, without competent intelligence having existed
somewhere."

7. "The idea of a supreme author is more pleasing to a virtuous
mind, than that of a blind fate and fatherless deserted world."

8. "The condition of mankind is in a state of melioration, as far as
misery arises from ignorance, for as the world grows older it must
grow wiser, if wisdom arises from experience."

9. "All moral virtue is only a modification of benevolence."

10. "Virtue gives a better chance for happiness than vice."

11. "No instance of any revival."

12. "Atheists are not to think themselves quite secure with respect
to a future life."

13. "Thought might as well depend upon the construction of the
brain, as upon any invisible substance extraneous to the brain."

14. "If the works of God had a beginning, there must have been a
time when he was inactive."

15. "Where happiness is wanting in the creation I would rather
conclude the author had mist of his design than that he wanted