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The design of an abridgment, I conceive, is clearly to exhibit the whole
substance of an author, without admitting any thing superfluous.

DR. SHAW.

Abstracts, abridgments, and references are of use in divinity as well
as in law.

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may not reap ample benefit from the following pages. An
equal mass of theological knowledge, in a compass so small,
will not readily be obtained.* The minister of the Sanctuary
will find it an excellent compainon in his preparations for the
pulpit; and the private christian, an instructive parlour
friend.

July, 1810.

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W. STAUGHTON.

*The high estimation in which this work, has been, and
still is, held by the friends of vital Religion, may be inferred
from the numerous Subscribers to the Quarto Edition,
(among whom are the most learned and judicious advocates
for Christianity) and from the avidity with which copies
have been sought after, notwithstanding the high price they
have borne.

Winterbotham's Edition.

CONTENTS.

First general Distribution of the Work.

BOOK I.

OF GOD, HIS WORD, NAMES, NATURE, PERFECTIONS AND PERSONS.

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OF THE ACTS OF THE GRACE OF GOD IN TIME.

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BOOK II.

OF THE GRACE OF CHRIST AS EXPRESSED IN HIS STATES OF HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION, AND OF THE OFFICES EXERCISED BY HIM IN THEM.

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OF THE BLESSINGS OF GRACE WHICH COME BY CHRIST, AND OF THE DOCTRINES IN WHICH THEY ARE HELD FORTH.

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