ESSAY II.-On the importance of revealed truth;
the duty of reading the Scriptures; and the
manner in which they should be read,
ESSAY III.-On the Scriptural Character of
God,

ESSAY IV.-A brief exposition of the Ten Com-
mandments, as comprising the substance of
the Moral Law,

ESSAY V.-On Man's situation as a Sinner in

the present world,

ESSAY VI.-On the Deity of Jesus Christ,
ESSAY VII.-The Doctrine of Christ's Deity
shown to be essential to Christianity: and
some objections to the doctrine briefly an-
swered,

ESSAY VIII-On the nature and design of the
Mediatorial Office, sustained by the Lord
Jesus Christ,

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ESSAY IX.-On the Merits and Atonement of
Christ,

ESSAY X.-On the Exaltation of Christ, and his appearance in the presence of God in our be

half,

ESSAY XI.-On Justification,

ESSAY XII-On Regeneration,

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ESSAY XIII.-On the Personality and Deity of
the Holy Spirit; with some thoughts on the
Doctrine of the sacred Trinity,

ESSAY XIV. On the Gifts and Influences of the
Holy Spirit,

ESSAY XV.-On the uses of the Moral Law, in
subserviency to the Gospel of Christ,
ESSAY XVI.-On the Believer's Warfare and
Experience,

ESSAY XVII.--On the Privileges enjoyed by the
True Believer,

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ESSAY XVIII.--On the disposition and character, peculiar to the True Believer,

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ESSAY XIX.--The subject continued,

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ESSAY XX.-On the Believer's attention to re

ESSAY XXIV.-On Baptism, and the Lord's
Supper,

ESSAY XXV.--On the state of separate Spirits ; the Resurrection of the Body; Judgment and Eternity,

An Evening Prayer for a Family,

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ESSAYS

ON

THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

IN

RELIGION.

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"To the Law and to the Testimony: if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them."

Is. viii. 20.

regard to brevity; in giving energy to some arguments which had not been stated in their full force; and in placing several illustrations to greater advantage. Peculiar care has likewise been taken to render the scriptural references and quotations accurate; and further proof, from the sacred oracles, has frequently been adduced, in support of the conclusions which had been formed.

The work, thus revised, the author commends to the candour of the public, from which it has already met with a favourable reception; and he earnestly begs the prayers of all pious Christians, for the divine blessing on this attempt; and on all his other feeble endeavours to spread the knowledge of the blessed gospel of God our Saviour, and to excite and direct believers to adorn that holy doctrine by their whole conduct and conversation.

ESSAY I.

On the Divine Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures.

Ir is manifest to all who seriously reflect on the powers and propensities of human nature, that we are formed capable of religion, and have an inward consciousness that we ought to worship some superior Being, on whom our safety and happiness depend: but at the same time, the state of the world, in all places where the Bible has not been known, unanswerably proves, that we are incapable of discovering for ourselves, a religion which is worthy of God, suited to our wants, and conducive to our true interest. The shortness of life also, and the reasonable persuasion that men in general entertain of a future state, concur to show that our grand concern lies in another world. Yet uncertainty and perplexity, nay, palpable error and absurdity, have ever encumbered men's reasonings and conjectures on these important subjects. Even at Athens, JEHOVAH was" the unknown God,"* and all beyond the grave was an unknown world.

* Acts xvii. 23: