"The universal propensity to believe in invisible, intelligent power, if not an original instinct, being at least a general attendant of human nature, may be considered as a kind of mark or stamp, which the divine workman has set upon his work."
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;