Abbildungen der Seite
PDF
EPUB
[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][subsumed]
[graphic]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[graphic][ocr errors]

THE

EXHIBITED IN

FOUR DIALOGUES

BETWEEN A

MINISTER AND HIS FRIEND;

COMPREHENDING THE SUBSTANCE OF SEVERAL REAL
CONVERSATIONS WHICH THE AUTHOR HAD WITH
VARIOUS PERSONS BOTH IN AMERICA
AND EUROPE, ON THAT

INTERESTING SUBJECT:

CHIEFLY DESIGNED

THE MOST

FULLY TO STATE, AND FAIRLY TO ANSWER
COMMON OBJECTIONS THAT ARE BROUGHT
AGAINST IT, FROM THE

SCRIPTURES.

BY ELHANAN WINCHESTER.

To this Edition is prefixed, a brief account of the means and manner of the author's embracing these sentiments; intermixed with some SKETCHES of his LIFE during four years.

ེམས་

Boston:

PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY.

UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

From the Critical Review, for September, 1788.

"Our Author, with great candor and extensive knowledge of the subject, discusses the doctrine of eternal punishments. He thinks that there will be a period when every sinner will be restored to the Divine favor. This doctrine is perfectly consistent with the benevolence of the Deity. It is supported by many wise and good men ; nor is there any reason to suppose that it will be perverted to serve the purposes of vice and immorality. Mr. WINCHESTER, in his defence of it, shews much charity, much humanity, and no little share of learning. The fifth Dialogue alone, which relates to the design and tendency of punishment, might furnish some little foundation for a difference of opinion; but in a question so greatly above human attainment, the mind would be lost in the inquiry, and not greatly benefitted by the discussion. The question of the Universal Restoration, must be examined as Mr. WINCHESTER has done, by the word of God, as revealed at different times, and particularly in the Gospel."

N. B. A considerable part of the fifth Dialogue, being printed in the Lectures on the Prophecies, is left out of this edition, and the remaining part is enclosed in the fourth Dialogue.

HOAG & ATWOOD's Press......Concord, N.H.

« ZurückWeiter »