Catalog Record: An essay on moral obligation: : with a view towards settling the controversy, concerning moral and positive duties in answer to two late pamphlets, the one entitled, The true foundation of natural and revealed religion asserted being a reply to the supplement to the treatise on the Christian sacraments, the other [long dash] Some reflections upon the comparative excellency and usefulness of moral and positive duties by Mr. Chubb | Hathi Trust Digital Library

Navigation


An essay on moral obligation: : with a view towards settling the controversy, concerning moral and positive duties in answer to two late pamphlets, the one entitled, The true foundation of natural and revealed religion asserted being a reply to the supplement to the treatise on the Christian sacraments, the other [long dash] Some reflections upon the comparative excellency and usefulness of moral and positive duties by Mr. Chubb.

Main Author: Johnson, Thomas, 1702 or 1703-1737.
Other Authors: Thurlbourn, William, -1768,, Knapton, James, -1738,, Knapton, John, 1696-1770,, Stephens, J. -1765,
Language(s): English
Published: London : Printed by J.S. for W. Thurlbourn bookseller in Cambridge and sold by J. and J. Knapton ... and J. Stephens ..., 1731.
Subjects: Chubb, Thomas, > 1679-1747. > Comparative excellence and obligation of moral and positive duties.
Sykes, Arthur Ashley, > 1683 or 4-1756. > True foundations of natural and reveal'd religion asserted.
Christian ethics > Early works to 1800.
Deism > Early works to 1800.
Note: Attributed to Thomas Johnson by ESTC.
Headpiece; tailpieces; initial.
Last page blank.
Signatures: [A]1 B-L⁴ M².
Bound with: Divine rectitude, or, A brief inquiry concerning the moral perfections of the Deity, 1730 -- Divine benevolence, or, An attempt to prove that the principle end of the divine providence and government is the happiness of his creatures, 1731 -- A letter to a Deist, concerning the beauty and excellency of moral virtue and the support and improvement which it receives from the Christian revelation, 1732 -- A second letter to a Deist, concerning a late book entitled Christianity as old as the creation, 1731 -- The foundation of moral goodness, or, A further inquiry into the original idea of virtue, 1731 -- The second part of The foundation of moral goodness, 1729 -- The law of truth, or, The obligations of reason essential to all religion, 1733.
Physical Description: [2], 83, [1] p. ; 20 cm.
Original Format: Book
Original Classification Number: BL 2773 .J64 1731
Locate a Print Version: Find in a library
Search

Catalog Search
Bibliographic search (Title, Author, Subject, ISBN/ISSN, Publisher, Series Title, or Year of Publication) of all HathiTrust items

Experimental Search
Full-text search of a small subset of HathiTrust items

Build & View Custom Collections

Go to Public Collections to browse other people's collections. Items from these collections can be copied into your own private collection.

Create your own Private Collection by searching or browsing to find items of interest and then adding them to a collection.

Full-text searching is available within public or private collections, and within individual items.

Close

Search Tips

Phrase Searching

Use quotes to search an exact phrase: e.g. "occult fiction"

Wildcards

Use * or ? to search for alternate forms of a word. Use * to stand for several characters, and ? for a single character: e.g. optim* will find optimal, optimize or optimum; wom?n will find woman and women.

Boolean Searching

Use AND and OR between words to combine them with Boolean logic: e.g. (heart OR cardiac) AND surgery will find items about heart surgery or cardiac surgery. Boolean terms must be in uppercase.

Close