A vindication of the histories of the Old and New Testament. [electronic resource] : In three parts. I. In answer to the objections of the late Lord Bolingbroke. II. Concerning the mosaical history of the creation and deluge; the theory of the tides; and remarks on the plurality of worlds. III. Containing observations on the nature of angels, and the scriptural account of the fall and redemption of mankind. In a series of letters to a young nobleman. To which is prefixed, an essay on spirit. Wherein the doctrine of the trinity is considered. By the late Dr. Robert Clayton, Lord Bishop of Clogher; fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, London.