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viour's Ministry,' &c., Birmingham, 1780, 8vo ; 'A Third Letter,' &c., 1781, 8vo (R.xx.) 17. 'Letters t a Philosophical Unbeliever,' &c., pt. i. 1780, 8vo ; against Hume ; 'Additional Letters,' &c.,1782, 8vo ; here he replies to a critic writing under the pseudonym of 'William Hammon;' this, though Priestley did not know it, was Matthew Turner, his first instructor in chemistry ; 2nd edit. Birmingham, 1787, 8vo ; pt. ii. 1787, 8vo ; against Gibbon (R.iv.) 18. 'A Scripture Catechism,' &c., Birmingham, 1781, 12mo ; often reprinted. 19. 'An History of the Corruptions of Christianity,' &c., Birmingham, 1782, 8vo, 2 vols. ; 3rd edit. Boston, Massachusetts, 1797, 12mo ; new edit. 1871, 8vo ; translated into German (R. v.) 20. 'A Reply to the Animadversions on the History ... in the Monthly Review,' &c., Birmingham, 1783, 8vo, in answer to Badcock (R. xviii.) 21. 'A General View of the Arguments for the Unity of God,' &c., Birming- ham, 1783, 12mo; 2nd edit. Birmingham, 1785, 12mo ; last edit, 1827, 12mo. 22. 'Letters to Dr. Horsley,' &c., Birmingham, 1783, 8vo; pt. ii. 1784, 8vo ; pt. iii. 1786, 8vo (continuation in No. 32) ; reprinted in 'Tracts in Controversy with Bishop Horsley,' &c., 1815, 8vo, with posthumous matter, and appendix by Belsham (R. xviii. xix. xxv.) 23. 'Remarks on the . . . Monthly Review for September,' &c., Birmingham, 1783, 8vo (R. xviii.) 24. 'Forms of Prayer and other Offices for ... Unitarian Societies,' &c., Birmingham, 1783, 8vo ; translated into German, Berlin, 1786, 8vo. 25. 'Remarks on the Monthly Review of the Letters to Dr. Horsley,' &c., Birmingham, 1784, 8vo (R. xxi.) 26. 'An History of Early Opinions concerning Jesus Christ, compiled from Original Writers,' &c., Birmingham, 1786, 8vo, 4 vols. (R, vi. vii.) 27. 'Defences of Unitarianism, for the year 1786,' &c., Birmingham, 1787, 8vo; part reprinted in 'Letters to the Candidates for Orders . . . on Subscription,' &c., Cambridge, 1790, 8vo (R. xviii.) 28. 'Discourses,' &c., Birmingham, 1787, 8vo ; reprints separate sermons, 1773-85 (R. xv.) 29. 'Letters to the Jews,' &c., pt. i. Birmingham, 1786, 8vo; pt. ii. Birmingham, 1787, 8vo; translated into German and Hebrew ; an 'Address' in continuation is in No. 42 (R. xx.) 30. ' Defences of Unitarianism, for the year 1787,' &c., Birmingham, 1788, 8vo (R. xviii.) 31. 'Familiar Letters ... to the Inhabitants of Birmingham, . . . also, Letters to the Rev. Edward Burn,' &c , Birmingham, 1790, 8vo; published in parts (R. xix.) 32. ' Defences of Unitarianism, for the years 1788 and 1789,' &c. Birmingham [1790], 8vo (R. xix.) 33. 'Letters to the Members of the New Jerusalem Church,' &c., Birmingham, 1791, 8vo (R. xxi.) 34. 'Four Sermons,' &c.,1791,12mo (R. xv.) 35. 'Letters to a Young Man,' &c., pt. i. 1792; 8vo, on public worship, against Gilbert Wakefield and Edward Evanson [q. v.] ; pt. ii. 1793, 8vo, against Evanson (R. xx.) 36. 'Letters to the Philosophers and Politicians of France ... on Religion,' &c., 1793, 8vo ; 'A Continuation of the Letters,' &c., Northumberland Town, 1794, 8vo ; 2nd edit. Philadelphia, 1794, 8vo ; 3rd edit. Salem, Massachusetts, 1795, 8vo; edited by Lindsey as 'An Answer to Mr. Paine's Age of Reason,' &c., 1795, 8vo (R. xxi.) 37. 'The Conclusion of ... Hartley's Observations on ... Man . . . with Notes,' &c., 1794, 8vo (anon, deals with the second coming of Christ). 38. 'Discourses on the Evidences of Revealed Religion,' &c., 1794, 8vo ; reprinted, Philadelphia, 1795 (R. xv.) 39. ' Discourses relating to the Evidences of Revealed Religion,' &c., Philadelphia, 1796-97, 8vo, 2 vols. ; quite distinct from No. 38 (R. xvi.) 40. 'Observations on the Increase of Infidelity,' &c., Northumberland-Town, 1796, 8vo; reprinted, London, 1796, 8vo ; Philadelphia, 1797, 8 vo (R. xvii.) 41. 'Letters to Mr. Volney,' &c., Philadelphia, 1797, 8vo (R. xvii.) 42. 'An Outline of the Evidences of Revealed Religion,' &c., Philadelphia, 1797, 12mo; London, 1833, 12mo (R. xxi.) 42. 'A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses with those of the Hindoos,' &c., Northumberland, 1799, 8vo (R. xi. xvii. xx.) 43. 'An Inquiry into the Knowledge of the Antient Hebrews concerning a Future State,' &c., 1801, 8vo; edited by Lindsey (R. xii.) 44. 'A Letter to an Antipædobaptist,' &c., Northumberland, 1802, 8vo ; addressed to Joshua Toulmin [q. v.] (R. xx.) 45. 'Socrates and Jesus compared,' &c., Northumberland, 1803, 8vo; also London, same year (R. xvii.) 46. 'A Letter to the Rev. John Blair Linn,' &c., Northumberland, 1803, 8vo, in defence of No. 45; 'A Second Letter,' &c., same date (R. xxi.) 47. 'The Originality and . . . Excellence of the Mosaic Institutions,' &c., Philadelphia and Northumberland, 1803, 8vo (R. xi. xxv.) Posthumous : 48. 'Notes on all the Books of Scripture,' &c., Northumberland, 1803-4, 8vo, 4 vols. (R. xi-xiv.) 49. 'The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy compared with . . . Revelation,' c., Northumberland, 1804, 8vo (R. xvii.) 50. 'Index to the Bible,' c., Philadelphia, 1804, 8vo; reprinted, London, 1805, 12mo ; 1811, 12mo: 1812, 8vo (R. xxv.) 51. 'Four Discourses,' &c., Northumberland, 1806, 8vo (R. xvi.)