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London: Printed for T. Cox, 1731. 83pp, [5]. With five final pages of publisher's advertisements. Disbound, all edges red. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, title page soiled, later paper shelf-label to head. The first edition of a pamphlet championing epistemological rationalism as the primary method for comprehending Christian doctrine written by Thomas Chubb (1679-1747), a disciple of theologian and philosopher Samuel Clarke (1675-1729) who veered from Arianism to a form of modified deism. Some 'reflections' upon 'moral and positive duty' were added, suggested by the posthumous publication of Clarke's An Exposition of the Church-Catechism (1729). ESTC T31925.. First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for T. Cox 1731 First edition. Disbound. Octavo. The final five pages are publisher's advertisements for thirty-five other works by Chubb. Some light foxing, but overall a very good, crisp copy. Chubb (1679-1747), who was the son of a Salisbury maltster, was mostly self-taught. He was an able debater, taking part in theological and political controversies. Originally a disciple of Samuel Clarke and William Whiston, he developed into a deist. At one point he was considered on a par with Locke. His influence began to decline at the end of the eighteenth century. Edmund Burke spoke of him as being outdated, and Leslie Stephen associated him with "the decline of deism." Stuart Brown, however, notes in the Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers that Chubb has attracted much attention from twentieth-century scholars