men, so they are to God; and as we pray to men, so we should pray to
God."

26. "Prescience, predetermination and infinite benevolence are no
argument against prayer to the Deity."

27. "A wish produced by nature is evidence of the thing wished for,
but a future state is wished for, therefore there is evidence of a
future state."

28. "As we have no idea how we came originally to be produced, for
what we know to the contrary our reproduction may be as much the
course of nature as our original production.."

29. "A gloom and melancholy belong more to atheists than to devout
people."





OBSERVATIONS.


Dr. Priestley will hardly doubt, after this collection from his work
that it has at least been read before it is attempted to be answered.
It is in the writer's power to quote the page and line for each
assertion, but it would be stuffing this publication with unnecessary
references. Dr. Priestley will be able to know what are his own
sentiments and what not without recurring to his printed Letters.