Oracle of Reason, or Philosophy Vindicated, 1842 e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The existence of god, it is allowed, is a knotty point to p but those who think by the rood upon these subjects, have a knack of cutting all knots they can't untie by the tongue or the teeth; but when wagging the tongue or showing the teeth, or doing both together, don't answer, then our divincs ape Alexander in their dexterous use of the long sword called the sword of state, which speedily settles all questions, and removes every kind of diiliculty that hangs about such vulgar things as logic and argument; noth' so demonstrat ing the truth of their demzfiations as the sword of state and e fig arm of the law.