A

TREATISE

ON THE

Records of the Creation,

AND ON THE

MORAL ATTRIBUTES

OF THE

CREATOR;

WITH 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. II.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD,

BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN,

NO. 190, OPPOSITE ALBANY, PICCADILLY.

VOL. II.

ON THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF

THE CREATOR.

Permittes ipsis expendere Numinibus, quid
Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris;
Carior est illis homo, quàm sibi.

Juv.