1796 Attack on Age of Reason 1ed Watson Apology for BIBLE Anglican Church PAINE

1796 Attack on Age of Reason 1^ed Watson Apology for BIBLE Anglican Church PAINE

 

“A man must blacken his own hands with charcoal, he must sweat over the furnace, and inhale many a noxious vapour, before he can become a chemist.”

― Richard Watson

 

Thomas Paine’s political activism in the late 18^th-century was vitally important to many of the successes of the American Revolution. In his book “The Age of Reason”, Paine defends the importance of deism within the confines of philosophy and politics. Paine attacked what he considered to be corruption within the Christian Church and wanted to disprove many of the teachings found in the Bible, particularly miraculous events.

 

After the initial release of ‘Age of Reason’, Anglican author and Bishop of Llandaff Richard Watson published a striking and direct attack on Paine. In “An Apology for the Bible”, Watson defended Protestant values and attacked Paine’s promotion of irreligion.

 

Item number: #26726

Price: $499

 

WATSON, Richard

 

An apology for the Bible, in a series of letters

 

Newburgh [N.Y.]: Printed by David Denniston, 1796. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 232
• References: Evans 31569
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Herbert Woolley
  • Handwritten – Thomas Houston
    • Possibly Thomas Houston (c. 1777–1803), who although born in Ireland, was considered a Tyneside poet/songwriter.
  • Handwritten – Franklin Houston
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

 

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