A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings; Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion. with an Appendix, Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church, and t…

xxii, 345, [8] pp. Full leather, red morocco spine label, gilt titles and rules. A response to Thomas Paine's critical remarks on the Bible in his 1794 The Age of Reason, in which he advocated for Deism. Rev. David Simpson was an Anglican priest and a friend of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. He was a pioneer of congregational hymn-singing and published a collection of hymns in 1776. He was a prolific author, publishing over 30 works, which included sermons, tracts, essays, and volumes of apologetic.