Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Foundation, Evidences, and Truths of Religion, Vol. 2 of 2

So important are the facts related in those Jewish and Christian Scriptures, and so interesting the doc trines taught in them, that far more attention has been bestowed upon them, than upon any other ancient writings, for the purpose of preserving their purity, and transmitting them uncorrupted, and of ascertaining and proving the justice of the claim of the doctrines they contain to a divine origin. The attention thus bestowed on them, both by those who receive them as oracles of truth, and by those who have wished to invalidate their authority, has contributed greatly to the means of ascertaining the degree of credit, to which they are entitled.

If then the marks, which might be expected to attend a revelation from God, shall be found actually to accompany that, which is the subject of our inquiry, - upon a fair investigation of all the circumstances, which have accompanied its origin, its introduction into the world, its progress and success, the truths it reveals, the duties it inculcates, and the characters and examples of those, by whom it was first propagated.

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