Smith, John, 1618-1652, Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707 · London : Printed by J. Flesher for W. Morden · leaf 98
f of a Deity fupports the Soul with a prefentTranquillity and future Hopes, Were it not for a Deny, the World would be unhabitable. A SHORT DISCOURSE ATHEISM \E have now done with what we intendedconcerning Superftition, and fhall a littleconfider and fearch into the Pedigree of A-_ THEISM, which… … w_ X w 41 Of Athiifm. tent there were no God to trouble or difquietit, andAtheifm thinks there is none. And as Superflitionisengendred by a bafe opinion of the Deity as cruell andtyrannical} (though it be afterwards brooded andhatcht by ajlavijh fear and abjed: thoughts) fo alfo isAtheifm : and…
