Transcriber's Note.
The "Aphorisms on that which is indeed Spiritual Religion" extend from p. 102 to p. 241. They are interspersed with other material that is listed in the Table of Contents. In addition some of the Aphorisms are listed separately in the Table. It has been modified to clarify this.
Biblical references have been standardised on one of the more common formats, viz. "1 John iv. 5.".
The Erratum has been incorporated in the text.
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected, although inconsistencies in hyphenation have been retained.
Italics are indicated by underscores. Greek accents have been omitted though rough-breathing marks have been retained. Small capitals have been converted to full capitals.
AIDS TO REFLECTION
AND
THE CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT.
BY
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
HIS ESSAYS ON FAITH AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, ETC.
NEW EDITION, REVISED.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1884.
CHISWICK PRESS: C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.
NOTE TO THIS EDITION.
The present re-print of the 'Aids to Reflection' is mainly from Mr. H. N. Coleridge's, or the fourth edition. In some points, however, the earlier editions, which have been carefully consulted throughout, have been followed.
Dr. Marsh's Preliminary Essay to the 'Aids to Reflection' is printed from his own second edition, published with the 'Aids' at Burlington, U.S., in 1840.
Coleridge's posthumous 'Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit' is from Mr. H. N. Coleridge's text, which was printed from the author's MS.
The 'Essay on Faith' and 'Notes on the Book of Common Prayer' are re-printed from Coleridge's 'Remains,' as being, possibly, parts of the "supplementary volume" to the 'Aids to Reflection,' which the author contemplated (vide p. 257) but never published. The 'Nightly Prayer' is also re-printed from Coleridge's 'Remains.'
CONTENTS.
AIDS TO REFLECTION: PAGE
Author's Original Title-page, 1825 ix
Mr. H. N. Coleridge's Advertisement to the Fourth Edition xi
Author's Address to the Reader xiii
Author's Preface and Advertisement xv
Dr. Marsh's Preliminary Essay xxiii
Introductory Aphorisms 1
On Sensibility 22
Prudential Aphorisms 27
Moral and Religious Aphorisms 35
Elements of Religious Philosophy 88
Aphorisms on Spiritual Religion 96
Aphorisms on that which is indeed Spiritual Religion 102
On the Difference in kind of Reason and the Understanding (after Aphorism VIII.) 143
On Instinct in Connection with the Understanding (in Comment on Aphorism IX.) 162
On Original Sin (Aphorism X.) 172
Paley not a Moralist (Aphorism XII.) 196
On Redemption (in Comment on Aphorism XIX.) 223
On Baptism 242