History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Eight Lectures Preached Before The University of Oxford, in the year M.DCCC.LXII., on the Foundation of the Late Rev. John Bampton, M.A., Canon of Salisbury. By Adam Storey Farrar, M.A. Michel Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford. New York: D. Appleton And Company, 443 & 445 Broadway. 1863 CONTENTS Will of Rev. John Bampton. Preface. Analysis of the lectures. Lecture I. On The Subject, Method, And Purpose Of The Course Of Lectures. Lecture II. The Literary Opposition of Heathens Against Christianity in the Early Ages. Lecture III. Free Thought During The Middle Ages, and At The Renaissance; Together With Its Rise in Modern Times. Lecture IV. Deism in England Previous to A.D. 1760. Lecture V. Infidelity in France in the Eighteenth Century, and Unbelief in England Subsequent to 1760. Lecture VI. Free Thought In The Theology Of Germany From 1750-1835. Lecture VII. Free Thought: In Germany Subsequently To 1835; And In France During The Present Century. Lecture VIII. Free Thought in England in the Present Century; Summary of the Course of Lectures; Inferences in Reference to Present Dangers and Duties. Notes. Lecture I. Lecture II. Lecture III. Lecture IV. Lecture V. Lecture VI. Lecture VII. Lecture VIII. Index. Footnotes WILL OF REV. JOHN BAMPTON. Extract From The Last Will And Testament Of The Late Rev. John Bampton, Canon Of Salisbury. ------------------------------------- “——I give and bequeath my Lands and Estates to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford for ever, to have and to hold all and singular the said Lands or Estates upon trust, and to the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, I will and appoint that the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford for the time being shall take and receive all the rents, issues, and profits thereof, and (after all taxes, reparations, and necessary deductions made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be established for ever in the said University, and to be performed in the manner following: -------------------------------------