ABSTRACT
The Christian Religion is especially based upon the idea of a God, who, having first created the visible universe out of nothing, and having then determined to conduct its revolutions and phenomenæ according to fixed laws, occasionally interrupts the operation of these laws, first, by miracles designed to confirm the revelation of his will to mankind, and secondly, by particular providences, the purpose of which is in some cases to confound and punish the notoriously guilty, and in others to demonstrate his protection and care to those who are specially the objects of his approbation.
