Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

SEWALL HARDING,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

VIII. Whether any of the Redeemed arrive to perfect Holiness in

CHAPTER XIV.

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

SECT. I. General Observations concerning the Church of Christ,

II. Concerning the Officers of the Church,

III. Public Institutions, Ordinances, and Worship of the Church,

Christian Baptism,

SECT. I. In which it is proved from Scripture that the Church of

Christ is to come to a State of Prosperity in this World

which it has never yet enjoyed; in which it will continue

at least a Thousand Years,.

II. In which it is considered in what the Millennium will consist,

and what will be the peculiar Happiness and Glory of that

Day, according to Scripture,

III. In which is considered which Thousand Years of the World

will be the Millennium, and when it will begin,

IV. In which is considered what Events are to take Place, accord-

ing to Scripture Prophecy, before the Beginning of the Mil-

lennium, and to prepare the Way for it,

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AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE FUTURE STATE OF THOSE WHO

Introduction,

DIE IN THEIR SINS.

SECT. I. The Holy Scriptures teach that the Wicked will be punished

II. The Holy Scriptures teach that the future Punishment of the

Wicked will be endless,

to teach another Doctrine,

III. An Examination of Passages of Scripture supposed by some

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371

416

SECT. IV. The Doctrine of Endless Punishment confirmed by Reason, 438

V. Questions and Answers relating to the Doctrine of Endless

VI. Inferences from the Doctrine of Endless Punishment,

Sin's being the Occasion of great Good no Excuse for Sin, or Encourage-

ment to it,

SERMON III.

The Holiness and Wisdom of God in the Permission Sin, and his Will

herein perfectly agreeable to his revealed Will, .

Improvement,

Appendix, .

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497

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527

A DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE SLAVERY OF THE

AFRICANS, .

Advertisement,

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548

Dedication. To the honorable Members of the Continental Congress,

A Dialogue,

AN ADDRESS TO THE OWNERS OF NEGRO SLAVES IN

THE AMERICAN COLONIES,

A DISCOURSE UPON THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE

SLAVERY OF THE AFRICANS,

A DISCOURSE ON CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP, AS IT SUBSISTS

BETWEEN CHRIST AND BELIEVERS AND BETWEEN

BELIEVERS THEMSELVES,

Application,

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677

THREE SERMONS, ON THE DECREES OF GOD THE FOUN-

DATION OF PIETY,

Improvement of the Subject,

ON THE SLAVE TRADE,

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739

LETTER TO DR. RYLAND, OF NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND,

ON THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN DR. HOPKINS AND

REV. ABRAHAM BOOTH,

LETTER TO DR. RYLAND, OF NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND,

IN REPLY TO DR. RYLAND'S THEOLOGICAL QUERIES,

AND SENT SEVENTEEN DAYS BEFORE DR. HOPKINS'S

DEATH,

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SAVING FAITH,

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