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NARRATIVE OF SURPRISING CONVERSIONS.
THOUGHTS ON THE REVIVAL IN 1740.
III. QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMMUNION.
IV. REPLY TO WILLIAMS.

NEW YORK:

G, & C. & H. CARVILL.

1830.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

I. NARRATIVE OF SURPRISING CONVERSIONS.

Preface

Narrative

SECT. 1. Introductory Statement

2. Manner of conversion

3. Particular instances

II. THOUGHTS ON THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, IN

NEW-ENGLAND, IN 1740.

Preface

PART I. The Work a glorious Work of God.

SECT. 1. We should judge of it by its effects.

2. We should judge by scripture

3. We should not judge of the whole by a part

4. Nature of the work.

PART II. Obligations to promote it.

SECT. 1. Indifference dangerous

5. Nature of the work in a particular instance

6. The work glorious.

Author's preface

Preface by friends

2. The probability that the latter-day glory will begin in America
8. The danger of slighting the work.

4. Obligations of rulers and others to promote the work

PART III. Offence taken beyond just cause.

PART IV. Things to be avoided.

SECT. 1. Spiritual pride.

2. Wrong Principles

3. Ignorance of inward experiences

4. Of censuring professing Christians

5. Errors relative to lay-exhorting

6. Errors relative to singing.

PART V. Things to be done

SECT. 1. We should remove stumbling-blocks

2. What should be done to advance it

3. Some things that concern all

6. Primitive admissions

7. The Epistles prove it

III. QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMMUNION.

PART I. Question explained

PART II. Reasons for the negative of the question

SECT. 1. Church members should be visible saints

2. Profession of religion..

3. Profession should be of real piety

4. Reason requires a hearty profession.

5. Christ requires it.

2. Members united by brotherly love

9. Qualifications for the Lord's Supper

PART III. Objections answered

OBJ. 1. The church is the school of Christ.

2. Israel was God's people.

3. Jews partook of the Passover

4. John's disciples made no profession of piety

5. Many are called, but few chosen

6. Wheat and tares grow together.

7. Case of Judas..

8. No certain rule given.

9. If grace be required, it must be known

10. Perplexity occasioned.

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11. All duties of worship holy.

12. Tendency of the Lord's Supper

13. God does not require impossibilities.

14. Unsanctified persons may live as saints

15. Better admit hypocrites than exclude saints

16. Hypocrites will be admitted . .

17. True saints doubt of their state.

18. Men's opinion of themselves no criterion

19. Infant baptism . .

20. Some have been converted at the sacrament.

Appendix, Mr. Foxcroft's letter. .

IV. REPLY TO WILLIAMS.

Preface.

PART I. Misrepresentations of Mr. Williams

SECT. 1. What is the question ?

2. Degree of evidence

PART II. Mr. Williams's scheme

SECT. 1. His concessions.

2. Consequences.

3. Of ungodly men's communing

4. Of an indeterminate profession

5. Mr. W. inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard.

6. Visibility without probability

7. A converting ordinance

8. Of Sincerity.

9. Public covenanting

PART III. Exceptionable mode of reasoning

SECT. 1. Method of disputing.

2. Misrepresentations

3. Irrelevant arguments

4. Extraordinary notions.

5. Assertions instead of arguments.

6. Sacramental actions.

7. Begging the question

8. Mr. W. begs the question.

9. Mr. W. is inconsistent with himself

10. Other inconsistencies

11. Arguments hostile to both sides

12. The passover and circumcision

13. Of Judas's communicating

14. Of being born in covenant

15. Of coming without a known right

16. Tendency to perplexity

17. Of commanding to partake.

Appendix. A letter to the people of Northampton.