An Account of the Growth of Deism in England

Stephens, William · 1718

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) 'Tis now three Years since you and I had a serious Discourse concerning the rise and progress of _Deism_: which is an Opinion of late Years crept into _England_, tho not so widely spread here as in other parts of _Europe_. I well remember we were both agreed, that there was no shadow of Reason why any one should suspect the _Gospels_ of Forgery, since the matter contain'd in them hath not the least favour of any worldly Interest, or indirect Design, but all the Lines of them do only center in the highest Improvement Humane Nature is capable of. So that in conformity every Man m…

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