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Familiar Letters to a Gentleman, Upon a Variety of Subjects in Religion
Familiar Letters to a Gentleman Upon a Variety of Subjects in Religion Author:Jonathan Dickinson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1772 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: T O A i GENTLEMAN, UPON A Variety of Seafonable and Important . Subjedls in Religion. By Jonathan Dickinson, A. M. Minifter of the Gofpel at Elizabeth-Ttnun, New Jerfep. -- -- To -write the fame Things to you, tome indeed is not grievous, but j or you it is fafe, Phil. iii. i. -- -- I have written briefly, exhorting and tejlifying, that this is the true grace of Cod -wherein ycuJiand, i Pel. V. 12. - Even as our behved Brother Paul alfo, according ta the WiJdom given Jo him, hath-written unto you. /3s allo in all his Epijlles, fpeakingin them of thefe Things, in -which arefome Things hard to be underflood, -which they that are unlearned and iinftable, wreft, as they doalfo the other Scriptures imtfTMiryvn DeJtruction, 2 Pet. iii. 15, 16. DUN Printed in the Year M, DCC, LXXII, 4H-- 72 PREFACE. THE irregular heats and extravagancies of fome late pretenders to extraordinary attainments in religion, their imaginary divine impulfes, and extatick raptures, with other effefts of their difordered fancies, have caft fuch a blemijb upon the Chriftian profeffion in the eyes of unfettled and unthinking people; that it is well if too many are not in danger of calling Chriftianity itfelf into queftion, from the- manifeftly falfe pretences, and enthuliaftick flights of fome, who have put in a claim to fo eminent experience in the divine life. It is therefore thought needful, as well as feafonable at this time, that a brief and plain confirmation of the Chriftian religion be fent abroad among our people, to eftablifli them in the foundation of our eternal hope.. This has been mylpecial motive to th...« less