PREFACE. xi generations. I am sure such thoughts are as absolute- ly necessary now ; nor are temptations to neglect them, either fewer or weaker now than formerly. The worth of everlasting rest is not felt, because it is not considered ; it is forgotten, because a thousand trifles are preferred before it. But were the divine reason- ings of this book duly attended to, (and oh that the Spirit and grace of a Redeemer may make them so !) then an age of vanity would become serious ; minds enervated by sensuality, would soon resume the strength of reason, and display the excellence of Christianity; the delusive names of pleasure would, be blotted out, by the glorious reality of heavenly joy upon' earth; every station and relation in life would be filled up by the propriety and dignity of serious religion ; every member of society would then effectually contribute to the beauty and happiness of the whole ; and every soul would be ready for life or death, for one world or another, in a well - grounded and cheerful persuasion of having secured a title to that rest which reinaineth to the people of God.
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