8 7 . ▁ ▁He ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁de ist ical ▁controvers y ▁with ▁Script ure ▁V ind ic ated ▁( C amb ridge , ▁ 1 7 3 0 – 2 , ▁ 3 ▁p ts .), ▁a ▁reply ▁to ▁Matthew ▁T ind al ' s ▁Christian ity ▁as ▁Old ▁as ▁the ▁Cre ation . ▁To ▁Edmund ▁Law ' s ▁En qu iry ▁into ▁the ▁Ide as ▁of ▁Space , ▁Time , ▁Im m ens ity , ▁and ▁E tern ity ▁( 1 7 3 4 ), ▁Water land ▁contributed ▁an ▁append ix ▁A ▁Dis sert ation ▁upon ▁the ▁Argument ▁a ▁pri ori ▁for ▁prov ing ▁the ▁Ex istence ▁of ▁a ▁First ▁C ause , ▁in ▁which , ▁with ▁reference ▁to ▁Clar ke , ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁dispose ▁of ▁the ▁ont ological ▁argument ▁in ▁the ▁supposed ▁interests ▁of ▁orth odox y . ▁The ▁Import ance ▁of ▁the ▁Do ctrine ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Tr inity ▁Assert ed , ▁London , ▁ 1 7 3 4 , ; ▁ 3 rd ▁ed . ▁Cambridge , ▁ 1 8 0 0 ; ▁and ▁Review ▁of ▁the ▁Do ctrine ▁of ▁the ▁E uchar ist ▁as ▁laid ▁down ▁in ▁Script ure ▁and ▁Anti qu ity , ▁Cambridge , ▁ 1 7 3 7 , ▁were ▁other ▁major ▁works . ▁A ▁repr int ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁appeared ▁at ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 ; ▁new ▁ed . ▁ 1 8 9 6 . ▁ ▁Water land ' s ▁other ▁works , ▁besides ▁ser m ons ▁and