This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1850. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE WORKS or JOSEPH BELLAMY, D. D. FIRST PA'STOR* OP THE CHURCH IN BETHLEM, CONN. WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. BOSTON: DOCTRINAL TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY. Entered, acoording to act of Congress, in the year I860, by Sewall Harding, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. ^7wf STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON 8TEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. ADVEKTISEMENT. The Exeoutive Committee of the Doctrinal Tract and Book Society, in prosecuting the design of its organization, offer to the public a new and improved edition of the works of Dr. Bellamy, with an original and interesting memoir, prepared with much care and research, by Rev. Tryon Edwards, D. D., of New London. The Committee would also announce their intention to issue a series of books of like character, including some of the works of our Puritan Fathers, and of later distinguished divines of our country. In doing this, 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 God for such an ancestry. Their works contain excellencies which are not often found in the present issues from the press. Their intimate and living acquaintance with the Bible, their profound mode of...
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