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CONTENT S.
CHAPTER I.
ON RELIGION IN GENERAL.
Univerfal Importance of Religion--The Belief of God
its first principle Next of the Immortality of the
Soul.-Univerfality of thefe Principles.-Arguments
for them.-Faith their best Support.-9
CHAPTER II.
ON THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
Nature and defign of the Scriptures. Their claim to our
Regard, and to the Belief of their being divinely in-
fpired.-Objections answered-First, to their Genuine-
nefs and truth.-Next, to their Inspiration.-All re-
lated of good men not intended for imitation.-Impar-
tiality of the Scriptures.-Great Judgment neceffary
in applying them.Poffibility of placing too much
Dependence on them.-Remarks on calling them the
Word of God.-13.
CHAPTER III.
ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
The Fall of Man and Promife of a Redeemer.-Diffe-
rent Modes of Divine Communication to Man.-Prof-
pects and Prophecies of the Gofpel Day.-Chrift comes
among the Jews.-The Benefits of his coming defign-
ed to be univerfal.-Objects of his coming recapitulat-
ed.--Chriftian Redemption a Work of Love.---Divi-
nity of Chrift, and of the Holy Spirit.---The Trinity.
---Juftification.---The Refurrection.---Arguments and
Evidences of Christianity.-The true and perfect
Christian.-35
CHAPTER IV.
ON THE INFLUENCES OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
The Gift of the Spirit an Effential of Christianity.-
Different Names for the Spirit.-Neceffity of its Affist-
ance.-Univerfally afforded and in all Ages, but most
plentifully in the Gofpel.-Unconditional Election and
Reprobation difowned and difproved.-49.
CHAPTER V.
ON DIVINE WORSHIP AND GOSPEL
MINISTRY.
Worship an act of the Soul towards God.-Meetings for
Worship may be held in filence.-Public Worship
an indifpenfable Duty, reasonable and beneficial.-Si-
lent Worship adapted to all States.-Its Advantages.-
Scripture Arguments for it.-Prayer a neceffary Duty.
-The qualifications of Minifters.-Human Learning
not effential to the Miniftry.-No Individual has an
exclufive right to affume the Exercife of it.-Women's
Preaching.Preaching for Hire.---Tithes.-54
Preliminary Obfervations.-Two kinds of Baptifm.-Wa-
er and the Spirit.-Remarks on Matt. xxviii. 19.
iii
This and other arguments in favour of Water Baptifm,
anfwered. Sprinkling not Baptifm.-Sprinkling of In-
fants not authorifed by the Scriptures.-Circumftances
attending it highly objectionable.-The Lord's Supper.
-The circumstances attending it fully admitted.—
Not perpetual any more than Washing of Feet.-The
true Lord's Supper.-Our fentiments on these subjects
not from a difesteem of Chriftianity, but the reverse.
-83
CHAPTER VII.
ON THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE OF
DAYS AND TIMES.
Exemption from Cenfure claimed for their Non-obfervance.
The Obfervance difapproved by the Apoftle Paul.-More
injurious than beneficial to Religion, especially Festivals.
Setting apart one Day in seven approved. On public
Fafts, &c.-Conclufion from Rom. xiv. 5, &c.—100.
CHAPTER VIII.
ON OATHS AND WAR.
Quotations from Matt. v.-Oaths unneceffary.-Argu.
ments in Favour of them anfwered.-Arguments in
Favour of War anfwered.-The Chriftian Religion
the only Remedy for this Evil.-104.
CHAPTER IX.
ON AMUSEMENTS.
General remarks on Amusements.-Rules refpect-
ing them.-Dancing and Mufic.-Neceffity of
properly regulating Amusements for Youth.-
Propriety of avoiding Temptations.—115.
CHAPTER X.
ON DRESS AND ADDRESS.
Our principle for regulating Drefs.-Scripture
Paffages in fupport of it.-An objection an-
fwered.---Non-conformity to the World to be
united with the Transformation of the Mind.
---Our peculiarities of Addrefs fupported by
Reafon, by Propriety, and by Religion.---Rea-
son for not taking off the Hat.---Cuftom too
much followed by Chriftians.-118.
CHAPTER XI.
ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
Peaceablenefs of our Principles a Security to Govern-
ment.-Duties of Subjects.-Suffering peaceably fub-
mitted to, when active Compliance cannot be consci-
entiously rendered. Civil and religious Liberty valu-
ed and how best fupported.-124.
CHAPTER XII.
ON DISCIPLINE.
Neceffity of Difcipline in religious Societies.-Objec-
tions to it answered.-Objects of our Discipline enu-
merated. Different Meetings in which the Discipline
is tranfacted.-Importance of tranfacting it in a right
Spirit.-127.
CONCLUSION.
Addrefs to the Youth on the Remembrance of their Crea-
tor.-Reason and Revelation.-The Holy Scriptures
and Christianity-Our peculiar Principles.-The Ne-
ceffity of Regeneration.-Addrefs to Perfons not of
our religious Perfuafion.-134.