ABSTRACT
The Deist believes the great attributes of the Deity, is convinced of, and acknowledges his, moral perfections. The Deist, full of gratitude, confides in the justice and mercy of his Creator. His justice, the great stimulus to acts of obedience; his mercy, the great incitement to love. The Deist from the great example of his Creator, extends his love to all mankind. The Christian divides the attributes among his Three Gods, and denies the moral perfections of Deity, He makes them partial, revengeful, cruel. The Christian, doubtful and wavering, knows not whether he be an object of love or hatred; and as it depends not on his moral conduct, but on the caprice of Deity, he has no stimulus or incitement to moral virtue. The Christian, from the capricious example of his divinities, is proud, revengeful, cruel, fond of persecution, even to the stake or the scaffold.
