AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY;

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1830 CONTENTS.

ANDOVER-HARVARD

THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

CAMBRIDGE, MS

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CHAP.

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1. Introductory Address to the young Reader,

2. The fallen, guilty, and ruined state of Man,

3. Some of the sins of youth enumerated,

4. The nature of real Religion briefly described,..

5. Cautions against some delusive supports, on which

many rest their Hopes to their eternal Ruin,.. 97

6. The worth of the soul a reason for early Piety, 109

7. The importance of Religion further shown, by re-

ference to the counsel of the Most High, con-

tained in his Word,

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8. The love of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, a rea-

son for early Piety,

9. Early Piety peculiarly acceptable to God, and pe-

culiarly honoured by him,

10. The advantages of early Religion,

11. The pleasantness of early Piety,

12. The happy conclusion of a religious life a motive

for early Piety......

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13. The future happiness of the young Christian a

motive for early Piety,

14. No real good possessed by those who are destitute

of Religion,

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15. The young sinner's ingratitude to God, and cruel-

ty to his own soul, urged as reasons for em-

bracing Religion in youth,

16. The vanity of youth, and the uncertainty of life,

reasons for the immediate choice of early Piety, 260

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17. The sorrows and dangers that attend the way of

transgressors, a reason for the choice of early

Religion.

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18. The terrors and fearful consequences of death and

judgment, to the unconverted, a reason for

early Piety,

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19. The eternal ruin of the ungodly a motive for the

early choice of Religion,

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20. The young Reader entreated to make his lasting

choice,

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21. Twenty objections to early Piety briefly stated and

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answered,

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22. The young Reader further urged to make no de-

lay in giving himself up to God,...

23. Brief addresses to several classes of persons; and

a few directions to the young Christian,

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