THE WORKS OF SAMUEL HOPKINS, D. D., FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS., AFTERWARDS PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN NEWPORT, R. I. WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER. Jark. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. C BOSTON: DOCTRINAL TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by SEWALL HARDING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Doctrinal Tract and Book Society now offer to the public a collected and complete edition of the Works of Dr. Samuel Hopkins, with a new Memoir of his life and character. The Memoir has been prepared, after an extensive examination of Dr. Hopkins's manuscripts in this country and in England, by EDWARDS A. PARK, D. D., Abbot Professor of Theology in the Theological Seminary, Andover. Hopkins's System of Divinity has already passed through two editions. Some of his other treatises have been published in several editions, but have been long out of print. His writings have never, until now, been collected and published in one uniform edition. From the important place he occupies in the history of the theology of New England, from his very intimate connection with both the Edwardses and Bellamy, and above all, from the intrinsic merit of his various treatises, it has been thought due to the present generation, that a collected edition of his works should be published. No minister or theological student can afford to be without his Works, as without them no one can fully understand the religious history of New England during the last century—a period fraught with such important changes and events in all our civil and religious institutions. In issuing this edition, while we are constrained to express our profound regard for Dr. Hopkins as a great and good man, and as a most discriminating and powerful writer, and while we regard his works as among the most valuable additions to our theological literature, we must also here say, as we said of Bellamy's writings, and as we expect to say of other works which we may publish: "We do not feel responsible for every sentiment that may be advanced, as we do not presume to abridge their works, or to alter their phraseology. We leave each author to utter his own views, in his own way; that the public may have a knowledge not only of their real sentiments, but also of their style of writing, and, in some measure, the times in which they lived. We would have those eminent men, who contributed so much by their stern integrity, their consistent piety, and their ardent attachment to the unadulterated truths of God's Word, to give character and stability to our institutions, speak for themselves. We revere their memory and praise |
