ABSTRACT
However visionary to some may appear the reveries of the Platonist, so unsettled are the opinions of most philosophical men on the interesting topic of religion, for every popular creed has been examined with severity or ridicule, that, sensible of the beneficial influence of some prevalent system, they have long sought, and are still seeking, for some new religion, which, founded on the invariable principles of nature, shall offer to all people an universal opinion; thus that even the most rigid philosopher may appear / amidst the popular worship with a hand of reverence and a heart of piety, while the sacerdotal robe shall no more disguise the most eminent religious hypocrite.
