Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1839,

BY CROCKER & BREWSTER,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE success of an argumentative work does not depend entirely on its intrinsic merit; but in part on its adaptation to the mind of the reader. In order to success, it must be such as the character of his mind, his habits of thought, and the kind and amount of his information enable him to understand and appreciate; and it must meet the very arguments, whatever be their character or importance, by which the contrary views are commended to his belief. The number and excellence of the works on the final condition of men, which are already in circulation, therefore, are no reason why another, pursuing a course of argument somewhat different from any of them, should not appear. It may rescue from the dominion of destructive error, some mind which works of more extensive research and greater power have failed to move.

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In this hope, this little work is sent forth. It aims to exhibit clearly, one of the many sufficient arguments by which an important truth is proved. If it shall be the means of persuading a single human soul to expect a Day of Judgment after death, and to prepare for it, the author will consider himself richly rewarded.

BOSTON, May 1, 1839.