EXAMINED, RENOUNCED, EXPOSED;

IN

A SERIES OF LECTURES,

EMBRACING

-

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR DURING A

MINISTRY OF TWELVE YEARS,

AND

THE TESTIMONY OF UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS TO
THE DREADFUL MORAL TENDENCY

OF THEIR FAITH.

BY

MATTHEW HALE SMITH.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY TAPPAN & DENNET.
NEW YORK: DAYTON & NEWMAN ; SAXTON & MILES.

PHILADELPHIA: PERKINS & PURVES.

1842.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by

Matthew HALE Smith, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

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CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

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RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. ..............

LECTURE II.

REASONS FOR RENOUNCING UNIVERSALISM, ARISING

FROM THE DIFFICULTIES THAT ATTEND ITS DE-

FENCE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LECTURE III.

REASONS FOR RENOUNCING UNIVERSALISM, DRAWN

FROM THE THREATENINGS OF THE BIBLE, .... 88

LECTURE IV.

REASONS FOR RENOUNCING UNIVERSALISM, DRAWN

FROM THE ARGUMENTS ADDUCED IN SUPPORT OF

THE DOCTRINE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

LECTURE V.

UNIVERSALISM NOT SUSTAINED BY THE ARGUMENTS

IN ITS FAVOR DERIVED FROM THE LIGHT OF NA-

TURE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

LECTURE VI.

REASONS FOR RENOUNCING UNIVERSALISM, DRAWN

FROM ITS MORAL RESULTS, . . . . . . . . . . . 214