A

TREATISE

ON THE

Records of the Creation,

AND ON THE

MORAL ATTRIBUTES

OF THE

CREATOR;

WITHI PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE

JEWISH HISTORY,

AND TO THE

CONSISTENCY OF THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION

WITH THE

WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF THE DEITY.

BY JOHN BIRD SUMNER, M. A.

Fellow of Eton College.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I,

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD,

BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN,
NO. 190, OPPOSITE ALBA NY, PICCADILLY.

Frinted by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, London.

A

TREATISE,

&c.

VOL. I.

ON THE RECORDS OF THE CREATION.

Mundum esse conspicimus, Deum esse credimus ; quod autem Deus mun. dum fecerit, nulli tutiùs confidimus, quàm ipsi Deo.

August. de Civ. Dei.