THE FOES OF OUR FAITH, AND HOW TO DEFEAT THEM; OR, THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE WITH MODERN INFIDELITY. BY A WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR. LONDON: DARTON AND HODGE, 58, HOLBORN HILL. 1862. 100. n. 52. PREFACE. THE writer of this Work is one of the most successful authors of the day, both in theology and in general literature; but as he believes the plan of his book to be entirely original, and the ground over which he has gone to have been untrodden before, he is anxious that the public should form their opinion of its merits without reference to the name of the Author. Within the last few years, Infidelity has assumed in some instances entirely new forms, while in others it has been contented with somewhat modifying its former phases. It is the object of this Volume to meet the prevalent hostility to the religion of Jesus, on the new ground it has selected for its attacks on the claims of the Bible to be regarded as a Divine Revelation. And as the most insidious and most dangerous form of modern Infidelity, is that which seeks to sap the foundations of the Christian faith, while its assailants profess to be its friends, the Author has principally applied himself to the vindication of Revealed Religion from their disingenuous attacks. Foremost amongst this latter class of "THE FOES OF OUR FAITH," are to be found the writers of the Essays and Reviews; and therefore, though this Work is not professedly an answer to that book, the Author has thought it right to devote much of his space to a refutation of its groundless assumptions, and an exposure of the fallacies with which the volume abounds. As it has of late become quite the fashion with a large class in the modern school of infidelity to direct their assaults chiefly against the authenticity and veracity of the Books of Moses, the Author has felt it to be his duty to devote a considerable proportion of his Volume to a refutation of what has thus been urged against the Mosaic writings. The writer is deeply impressed with the importance of dealing in such a way with the modern advocates of Infidelity, as that his arguments may be easily comprehended, and their force fully felt by the bulk of the community. While he trusts that his book will not be wanting in interest to the learned few, it has been chiefly written for the benefit of the unlearned many, whose labours or pursuits in life preclude the possibility of their devoting the necessary time to the perusal of works of larger size and loftier pretensions. And the Author fondly, though |