"This in the mean time is obvious, that the empire of all religious faith over the understanding is wavering and uncertain, subject to every variety of humour, and dependent on the present incidents, which strike the imagination."
The Natural History of Religion
At least 16 entries in the ESTC (1757, 1758, 1760, 1764, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1777, 1779, 1784, 1788, 1793, 1800)<br>
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See Hume, David. <u>Four Dissertations</u> (London: A. Millar, 1757). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T4011">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=tNcNAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;