63) as my conclusions, that a book-revelation is impossible, and that God reveals himself from within, not from without In his _Defence_ (which circulates far less than the "Eclipse," to judge by the number of editions) he displays his bravery by at length printing my argument; but in the "Eclipse" he continues to suppress it, at least as far as I can discover by turning to the places where it ought to be found.
In p.

77 (9th ed.) of the "Eclipse." he _implies_, without absolutely asserting, that I hold the Bible to be an impertinence.

He repeats this in p.

85 of the "Defence." Such is his mode.

I wrote: "_Without_ a priori _belief_, the Bible is an impertinence," but I say, man _has_ this _a priori_ belief, on which account the Bible is _not_ an impertinence.