Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott.

  • Catcott, Alexander, 1725-1779.
Date:
1756
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Credit: Remarks on the second part of the Lord Bishop of Clogher's Vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament; chiefly with respect to his Lordship's interpretation of the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge. In two parts / by Alexander Catcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attacks of infidels ought to have been written with great care and judgment, leaft Truth fhould fuffer through an injudicious defence, and the caufe of Chriftianity be weakened, rather than fupported, by arguments that are not valid. In fighting the battles of the Lord or contending ear- nefily for the Faith we fhould be very cautious of what weapons we make ufe of ourfelves, and eff pecially of what we deliver to our Friends, left by putting arms in their hands, we induce them to enter the field, and in the attack the untem¬ pered fteel give way, and themfelves perifh, and the caufe they fupported fuffer through our in- difcretion. Such were the reafons which induced me to write, and I hope I have Wrote in fuch a manner, as to give your Lordfhip no juft caufe of offence at my ftile or expreffions. I well know how difficult it is to avoid giving offence in a contro- veffial difcourfe, and how apt human Nature is to imagine an affront, where none is intended; Efpecially too, is this difficulty increafed in the prefent age, when a feigned Charity and a falfe Zeal have ufurped the places of the true; fo that it will be fcarcely poffible for an inferior to op- pole his fuperior, without being deemed guilty of paffion, prejudice, or ill-manners. But I truft, my Lord, you will have no reafon for imagining the author of this Treatife to be influenced by any fuch principles : And to cut off all real fuff picion of it, he has, wherever he poffibly could, made ufe of your own words,—thole very ex¬ preffions which You Yourfelf have applied to th$