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Northern District of New-York, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini, 1836, Luther Lee, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the title of which is in the words following, to wit:

Universalism examined and refuted, and the doctrine of the endless punishment of such as do not comply with the conditions of the Gospel in this life, established. By Luther Lee, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church

"If our Gospel be. hid, it is aid to them that are lost, in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the glorious Gospel of Chris, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2 Cor. 1. 3, 4.

The right whereof he claims as Author and Proprietor, in conformity with an act of Congress enfiled an act to amend the several acts respecting Copy Rights."

RUTGER B. MILLER, Clerk of the Northern District of New-York.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION,

CHAPTER I.

THE ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN.

Man was created holy,

Proved, I. From the nature of the cause that produced

him,

II. From the image in which he was created,

III. From the divine approbation which he received,

IV. From the moral rectitude of his character, Eccl.

vii. 29.

Man was not originally subject to death,

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Proved, I. From the first announcement of his mortality, 14

II. By his expulsion from the Garden of Eden,

III. From the pain of dying,

IV. From the resurrection of the body,

V. From the enmity of death,

Objections answered,

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CHAPTER II.

THE FALL OF THE FIRST MAN AND CON-

SEQUENT CORRUPTION OF HUMAN

NATURE.

Proved, I. From the Mosaic history,

II. From scriptural references to the Mosaic history,

Objections answered,

The depravity of all men in consequence of the fall,

Proved, I. From the fall of the first man,

II. From the universal corruption of morals,

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III. From the liability of all men to divine maledic-

tion,

IV. From the scriptural view of the unrenewed mind,

V. From the scriptural doctrine of regeneration,

VI. From remaining depravity after justification,

VII. From the general economy of the gospel,

VIII. From the experience of all good men,

CHAPTER III.

ATONEMENT.

Proved, I. From the impossibility of salvation without

an atonement,

II. From the Mosaic ritual,

III. From the death of Christ,

IV. From those scriptures which attribute salvation to

the blood of Christ,

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V. From the scriptural view of redemption by Christ, 71

VI. From mediation, intercession and reconciliation by

Christ,

Objections answered,

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CHAPTER IV.

SALVATION FROM PUNISHMENT.

Proved, I. From the atonement,

II. From the scriptural view of pardon, forgiveness and

remission,

III. From the scriptural view of justification,

IV. From matter of fact-some have been saved,

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V. From implication,

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VI. From salvation from sin itself,

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VII. From the offers which the gospel makes in the

present tense,

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VIII. From the impossibility of salvation, without be-

ing saved from punishment,

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CHAPTER V.

ON THE PUNISHMENT OF SIN IN THE FU-

TURE STATE.

Proved, I. From the sentiments of universalists,

II. From the fact that some sins cannot be punished in

this life,

III. From the design of punishment,

IV. From the partial displays of justice in this life,

V. From the motives necessary to support virtue,

VI. From the descriptions given of punishment,

VII. From the existence of hell as a place of punish-

ment,

VIII. From the relation punishment bears to salvation

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in point of time,

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IX. From the duration of punishment,

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X. From the moral character of sinners after death,

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XI. From the existence of devils,

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XII. From the future reward of the righteous,

XVI. From the dissolution of nature or the end of time, 185

XVII. From the general consciousness of mankind,

CHAPTER VI.

ON ENDLESS PUNISHMENT.

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Proved, I. From the terms everlasting, eternal, &c.

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II. From a contrast with salvation,

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III. From the conditionality of salvation,

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IV. From the danger of coming short of salvation,

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V. From the resistance sinners make to the means of

their salvation,

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VI. From the limitation of the time of salvation,

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VII. From implication,

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VIII. From the scriptures which deny salvation to cer-

tain persons and characters,

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IX. From the scriptures which represent the punish-

ment of the wicked to be their end, &c.

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X. From the penalty of the divine law,

XI. From the relation which sinners will sustain to the

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divine administration after the day of judgment, 246

XII. From the condition of sinners after judgment,

XIII. From the injustice implied in limited future pun-

ishment.

XIV. From prayer not being offered for the dead,

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CHAPTER VII.

UNIVERSALIST'S ARGUMENTS AN-

SWERED.

Argument, I. From the perfections of God,

The goodness, love and mercy of God,

The wisdom of God,

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The power of God,

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The holiness of God,

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The will of God,

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II. The corrective nature and design of punishment,

VI. The prophecies,

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VII. The nature of faith and the duty of all men to be-

II. Universalism is indirect and confused in its proof,

III. Universalism is demoralizing,

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IV. Universalism does not comfort the good, but admin-

isters comfort to the wicked,

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V. Universalism is unsafe,

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