"In that day there shall be a fountain opened." "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells PHILADELPHIA: PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by JAMES DUNLAP, TREAS., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY JESPER HARDING & SON, INQUIRER BUILDING, SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. WQh 19 FEB,36 PREFACE. THE following attempt of the author to furnish familiar instructions to the young, on the Doctrines of Grace, was undertaken at the request of a valued friend. The mode of illustration by anecdotes was also suggested by him. The task has been a pleasing one, though performed by gas-light, and occupying many successive evenings, after the close of official duties which required his attention during the day. His aim has been to state, prove, and illustrate, in a brief, plain, and scriptural form, some of the great doctrines of the gospel, as embodied more fully in the Standards of the Presbyterian church. In order to avoid making "the book too large," as requested by his friend, two topics have been for the most part omitted, which would otherwise have been discussed. One is repentance, which is inculcated in the gospel, in connection with faith. The other is adoption, which is one of the benefits of effectual calling, and is especially important in its being a guaranty of the saints' perseverance. (3) |
