Christian apologist, natural theologian, utilitarian; (1743-1805)

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Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Three churchmen: John Wesley, William Paley, and Beilby Porteus. Engraving.

Paley : evidences for the man / M.L. Clarke.

The mind of William Paley : a philosopher and his age / D.L. LeMahieu.

Natural theology; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity / Collected from the appearances of nature. By William Paley.

Natural theology; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity. Collected from the appearances of nature / [William Paley].

Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

Natural theology ; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity : Collected from the appearances of nature / [William Paley].

The works of William Paley / [William Paley].

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Natural theology; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity. Collected from the appearances of nature / [William Paley].

Paley's Natural theology / with illustrative notes, by Henry, Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell to which are added supplementary dissertations, by Sir Charles Bell.

Natural theology; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity. Collected from the appearances of nature / [William Paley].

Natural theology ; or, evidences of the existence and attributes of the Deity : Collected from the appearances of nature / [William Paley].

The works of William Paley / [William Paley].