AN

APOLOGY

FOR

THE BIBLE.

APOLOGY

FOR

THE BIBLE,

IN

A SERIES OF LETTERS,

ADDRESSED TO

THOMAS PAINE,

AUTHOR OF A BOOK, ENTITLED, THE AGE OF REASON,

PART THE SECOND, BEING AN INVESTIGATION

OF TRUE AND OF FABULOUS THEOLOGY."

BY

R. WATSON, D. D. F. R.S.

LORD BISHOP OF LANDAFF, AND REGIUS PROFESSOR OF
DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

EIGHTH EDITION.

LONDON:

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