"Lord Brougham read the argument of Mr Gillespie with much "interest and is very much gratified to find, that the work has

"had so extensive a circulation."

Lord Brougham: In card to Mr Gillespie.

"Mr Gillespie's book I have read with great interest, as a new form "of an argument on the most profound of all subjects—the being of a "GOD. It is a work of deep thought, and no common research

"Mr Gillespie's book is the production of an ingenious and a well"exercised mind."

"Mr Gillespie is at perfect liberty to use my opinion in any way he "thinks proper, for I have written nothing which I do not sincerely "believe."

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The Right Rev. M. RUSSEL, D.D. Bishop of Glasgow,

Author of "The Connection of Sacred and Profane
History," &c. &c. &c.: In letters to Colonel Fogo,
Royal Artillery.

"I have no hesitation in saying, that I consider Mr Gillespie's work as one of the ablest, most ingenious, and best reasoned works, which has "appeared, on the subject of Natural Religion—and that it is an im"portant and seasonable addition to the many valuable illustrations we 66 possess of those ultimate truths in Theology on which the whole fabric "of revealed religion rests."

JOHN BROWN, D.D. Professor of Exegetical Theology to the United Secession Church: In card to Mr Gillespie.

"Mr Gillespie's ability as a close reasoner is well-known."

REV. MARCUS DoDs, Author of the work "On the Incarnation of the Eternal Word:" In the Edinburgh Christian Instructor.

"A most worthy and excellent design, most ably executed." JAMES AUGUSTUS ST JOHN, Esq., Author of " The History of the Manners, Customs, Arts, &c., of Ancient Greece," &c. &c. &c.: In letter to Mr Gillespie.

It is right to mention, that "Gillespie's Necessary Existence" is referred to in the 7th, or last, Edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, as a work of authority on the subject to which it relates. The Article wherein the reference occurs, is the performance of the Rev. W. L. ALEXANDER, A.M., of the Independent Church, Argyle Square, Edinburgh.

N.B. These opinions, &c. are but a selection from a much larger collection of criticisms, in Mr Gillespie's possession.

PHILALETHEAN PUBLICATION-OFFICE;

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.

MDCCCXLIII.

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