Astronomical principles of religion, natural and reveal'd
Subtitle: In nine parts ... Together with a preface, of the temper of mind necessary for the discovery of divine truth; and of the degree of evidence that ought to be expected in divine matters
By: by William Whiston ...
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772, former owner; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Printed for J. Senex in Fleet-Street, W. and J. Innys near St. Paul's, J. Osborne, and T. Longman in Pater-noster-Row
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Religion and science; Early works to 1800; Natural theology; Cosmology; Astronomy; Celestial mechanics; Bibliography
Notes: Dedicated to Sir Isaac Newton.

"Mr. Milton's Hymn to the Creator": pages xxxi-xxxii.

Rare Book copy: From the library of Samuel Johnson, with his autograph, dated 1727.

"A complete chronological catalogue of Mr. Whiston's writings": pages 305-308.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T115647

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.
Table of contents: title: (from title page) I. Lemmata, or the known laws of matter and motion; title: II. A particular account of the system of the universe; title: III. The truth of that system briefly demonstrated; title: IV. Certain observations drawn from that system; title: V. Probable conjectures of the nature and uses of the several celestial bodies contain'd in the same system; title: VI. Important principles of natural religion demonstrated from the foregoing observations; title: VII. Important principles of divine revelation confirm'd from the foregoing conjectures; title: VIII. Such inferences shewn to be the common voice of nature and reason, from the testimonies of the most considerable persons in all ages; title: IX. A recapitulation of the whole : with a large and serious address to all, especially to the scepticks and unbelievers of our age.