Bibliography of the Gordons

A BIBLIOGRAPHY
"notwithstanding" the most illiteral and, indeed, malevolent
opposition " put in its way by persons connected with the
Claremont Institution ". He lectured in Belfast in 1831.
[Gordon, — ], London, 1733.
Sermon. London : 1733.
8vo. Text, Job xxxiv. 30 (Darling, p. 1293). Gordon was a lay-
man.
[Gordon, — , philosopher, 1756.]
A New method of demonstrating from reason and philo-
sophy the four fundamental points of religion, viz. : (1) The
existence of and immateriality of the spirit or soul of man ;
(2) The existence of the supreme spirit, or God ; (3) The im-
mortality of the soul of man ; and (4) The certainty of a
future state of eternal happiness or misery. [By — Gordon.]
London : printed for A. Millar in the Strand, 1756.
8vo. pp. xv + 319 + [1]. Attributed by the B.M. Cat. and Halkett
and Laing (p. 1725) to — Gordon.
Gordon, — , lexicographer, 1760.
A New complete English dictionary, peculiarly adapted to
the instruction and improvement of those who have not had the
benefit of a learned or liberal education or who have not leisure
for reading a multitude of books : wherein difficult words and
technical terms in all faculties and professions, whether in
science, physic, divinity, or mechanics are fully explained, pro-
perly accented to direct the pronunciation, and marked with
initial letters to denote the quality, or part of speech to which
each word is appropriated. A most concise account of the most
eminent persons male and female of every order and degree,
who in this nation have been celebrated for arts or arms,
useful inventions, great achievements, heroic exploits, either
by sea or land, whether princes, nobles, admirals, generals,
philosophers, poets, divines, or mechanics, who have given
proof of a superior genius and capacity in their respective
stations and professions : the sects and divisions of the Chris-
tian church, as well primitive as modern ; their opinions and
practices, and of all other religions. A short history of
patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, commemorated in the Old
and New Testaments, with a concise account of the coins,