THE ANALOGY OF RELIGION, NATURAL AND REVEALED, TO THE CONSTITUTION AND COURSE OF NATURE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO BRIEF DISSERTATIONS ON PERSONAL IDENTITY, By JOSEPH BUTLER, LL.D., LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. "Ejus (Analogiæ) hæc vis est, ut id quod dubium est, ad aliquid simile, de WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, COPIOUS NOTES, THE WHOLE EDITED BY REV. JOSEPH CUMMINGS, D.D., LL.D., PRESIDENT OF WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK: CINCINNATI: WALDEN & STOWE. 239 B985c 747003 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by NELSON & PHILLIPS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. EDITOR'S PREFACE. I N preparing this edition of Butler's Analogy the Editor has endeavored to adapt it to Students, and to render, in a simple and concise form, the aid they need. The marginal titles, presenting the subjects of the paragraphs, and constituting an analysis of the several chapters, are an important part of his work. He has given much attention to the text, which, with a few corrections obviously necessary, is that of the second edition, prepared by the Right Rev. William Fitzgerald, D.D., Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, published in London in 1860. Dr. Fitzgerald has given a collation of Butler's first edition of his work, which is a literary curiosity, and shows the singular pains he took with his style, in which he has commonly been censured for carelessness. The Editor of this edition has taken the liberty to break up several long paragraphs into two or more, in order that their meaning may more readily be apprehended. The Index has been made very full and complete. |