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Excerpt from The Congregational Lecture, Twelfth Series: The Revealed Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments
Concerning the plan of his own Work, it is gene rally hazardous for a writer to speak. It should declare itself The reader will adjudge upon it. It ought to be so explicit as to need no key. The per mission is pleaded, notwithstanding, in this case, to offer a few explanatory remarks. He has shunned every pretension to rest his argu ment upon special and disputed points. It becomes us to be jealous of singular and original defences of truth: not the less, of impressing our own mental type. Such a course betrays a state of disposition more vain of adroitness and ingenuity, than liege to truth. It engenders unbelief by the division of those who hold the common principle, and by the rash advancement of doubtful proof. He has rather been inclined to inquire, Is it the uniform teaching of the Scriptures? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
