The Works of the Rev. Robert Hall, A. M.

THE

WORKS

OF THE

REV. ROBERT HALL, A.M.

WITH A BRIEF MEMOIR,

AND A SKETCH OF HIS LITERARY CHARACTER,

BY THE RIGHT HON. SIR J. MACKINTOSH, LL.D. M.P.

AND A SKETCH OF HIS CHARACTER AS A THEOLOGIAN
AND A PREACHER,

BY THE REV. JOHN FOSTER.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF

OLINTHUS GREGORY, LL.D. F.R. A. S.

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

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1832.

1875, March 22. Bequest of James Walker, D.D., L. L. D. (H. U. 1814.)

President of Harv. Univ.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

MODERN INFIDELITY CONSIDERED

Account of the Cambridge Benevolent Society

THE SENTIMENTS PROPER TO THE PRESENT CRISIS

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Preface to the Second Edition

THE ADVANTAGES OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE LOWER CLASSES.

Sermon.

ON THE DISCOURAGEMENTS AND SUPPORTS OF THE CHRISTIAN

A FUNERAL SERMON FOR THE REV. DR. RYLAND

AN ADDRESS TO THE REV. EUSTACE CAREY, ON HIS DESIGNA-

TION AS A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO INDIA.

A SERMON ON THE DEATH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES

CIRCULAR LETTERS.

ON THE EXCELLENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION

ON THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

ON HEARING THE WORD

SERMON NOT BEFORE PUBLISHED.

ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE INNOCENT FOR THE GUILTY. 261

SECTION IL

The Argument for Strict Communion from the Order of

Words in the Apostolic Commission, considered .

SECTION III.

The Argument from Apostolical Precedent, and from the dif

ferent Significations of the two Institutions, considered

SECTION IV.

Our supposed Opposition to the Universal Suffrages of the

Church, considered

SECTION I.

The Argument from the Order of Time in which Baptism

and the Lord's Supper are supposed to have been instituted 293

PART II.

The Positive Grounds on which we justify the Practice of

Free Communion urged, from the Obligation of Brotherly

The Practice of Open Communion argued, from the express

Injunction of Scripture respecting the Conduct to be main-

tained by sincere Christians who differ in their Religious

Sentiments

SECTION III.

Pedobaptists a Part of the true Church, and their Exclusion

on that account unlawful

SECTION IV.

The Exclusion of Pedobaptists from the Lord's Table con-

sidered as a Punishment.

SECTION V.

On the Impossibility of reducing the Practice of Strict Com-

munion to any general Principle

ON THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN BAPTISM

AND THE BAPTISM OF JOHN

Preface.

A REPLY TO THE REV. JOSEPH KINGHORN, BEING A FURTHER

VINDICATION OF THE PRACTICE OF FREE COMMUNION

Preface.

SECTION VI.

The Impolicy of the Practice of Strict Communion considered 351

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PART I.

The Fundamental Position; or, the supposed necessary

Connexion between the two positive Institutes of Chris-

tianity examined

CHAPTER I.

Remarks on Mr. Kinghorn's Statement of the Controversy

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER II.

His Attempt to establish the Connexion contended for from

the Apostolic Commission and Primitive Precedent ..

The supposed necessary Connexion between the two posi-

tive Institutes further discussed, wherein other Arguments

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