Equity and Reasonableness

OF THE

DIVINE CONDUCT,

In Pardoning

SINNERS upon their Repentance,

EXEMPLIFIED.

LUKE XV. 31, 32.

And he faid unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine; it was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was loft, and is found.

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S the doctrine of repentance and remiffion of fins is strictly and properly the gospel, or the good news which Christ was in a particular and special manner fent of God to acquaint the world with, Luke xxiv. 26, 27: fo Christ relates

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I. AN Enquiry concerning the Grounds and Reasons, or what thofe principles are, on which two of our anniverfary folemnities are founded: viz. That on the 30th of January, being the day of martyrdom of King Charles the First, appointed to be kept as a day of fafting; and that on the 5th of November, being the day of our deliverance from Popery and Slavery, by the happy arrival of his late Majefty King William the Third, appointed to be kept as a day of thanksgiving.

To which is added,

The Sufficiency of Reafon in Matters of Religion, farther confidered. Wherein is fhewn, that reason, when carefully used and followed, is to every man, who is anfwerable to God for his actions, under any or all the most difadvantageous circumstances he can poffibly fall into, whether he refides in China, or at the Cape of Good Hope, a fufficient guide in matters of religion; that is, it is fufficient to guide him to God's favour, and the happinefs of another world. [Price One Shilling.]

II. A Difcourfe concerning Reafon, with regard to Religion and Divine Revelation. Wherein is fhewn, that reafon either is, or elfe that it ought to be, a fufficient guide in matters of religion. Occafioned by the Lord Bishop of London's fecond Paftoral Let

ter.

To which are added,

Some Reflections upon the comparative excellency and usefulness of moral and pofitive Duties. Occafioned by the Controverfy that has arifen (with respect to this fubject) upon the publication of Dr. Clark's Expofition of the Church Catechifm.

Both by THOMAS CHUB B.

THE

Equity and Reasonableness

OF THE

DIVINE CONDUCT,

In Pardoning SINNERS upon their Repentance, EXEMPLIFIED:

Or a DISCOURSE on the

Parable of the Prodigal Son.

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Which thofe Doctrines, viz. that Men are rendered acceptable to God, and that Sinners are recommended to his Mercy, either by the perfect Obedience, or the meritorious Sufferings, or the prevailing Interceffion of Chrift, or by one, or other, or all of thefe, are particularly confidered, and refuted. Occafioned by Dr. Butler's late Book, entitled, The Analogy of Religion natural and revealed, to the Conftitution and Course of Nature. Offered to the Confideration of the Clergy, among all Denominations of Chriftians.

To which are added two DISSERTATIONS, viz. I. Concerning the Sense and Meaning of St. Paul's Words, Titus iii. 10, 11. A man that is an heretick, after the first and fecond admonition, reject: Knowing that he that is fuch, is fubverted, and finneth, being condemned of himself. II. Concerning the Time for Keeping a Sabbath. Offered to the Confideration of the Sabbatarians. In a Letter to Mr. Elwall.

To which is likewife added,

The Cafe of Pecuniary Mulets, with regard to Diffenters, particularly confidered. In a fecond Letter to the Rev. Dr. Stebbing.

By THOMAS CHU B B.

LONDON:

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And be faid unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine; it was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was loft, and is found.

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S the doctrine of repentance and remiffion of fins is strictly and properly the gospel, or the good news which Chrift was in a particular and fpecial manner fent of God to acquaint the world with, Luke xxiv. 26, 27: fo Christ relates