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RELIGIOUS WORLD

DISPLAYED ;

OR

A VIEW

OF THE

FOUR GRAND SYSTEMS OF RELIGION,

JUDAISM, PAGANISM,

CHRISTIANITY, AND MOHAMMEDISM;

AND OF

THE VARIOUS EXISTING DENOMINATIONS, SECTS, AND
PARTIES, IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD,

TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,

A VIEW OF

DEISM AND ATHEISM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY THE

Rev. ROBERT ADAM, EA, Oxford,

Minister of the Episcopal Congregation, Blackfriar's Wynd, Edinburgh;
and Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Kellie.

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"We have, I verily believe, in our country, the best establishment of Christianity, in doctrine and discipline, and the most conducive to every good purpose of society; but yet it behoves us to look impartially into the different controversies and opinions, and Confessions of Faith."-Archbishop DRUMMOND'S Letter on Theol. Study, subjoined to his Sermons, 8vo. 1803.

TO THE MEMORY

OF

THE RIGHT REVEREND

DR. WILLIAM ABERNETHY DRUMMOND,

OF HAWTHORNDEN,

TITULAR BISHOP OF GLASGOW,

AND

SENIOR MINISTER OF THE EPISCOPAL CONGREGATION, BLACKFRIAR'S WYND, EDINBURGH;

WHO,

Through a life prolonged for valuable purposes,

And through the various fortunes of the Church to which he belonged, Continuing ever faithfully and zealously

To exercise piety towards God,

And charity towards man,

Died on the 27th of August, A. D. 1809,

In the 89th year of his age, and the 22d.of his episcopate,

Full of years and of honour,

THIS WORK

is inscribed

BY THE AUTHOR,

With feelings of gratitude, with the affection of a son

And with the veneration due

ΤΟ

AGE, CHARACTER, AND WORTH.

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