GIass_ Book__ DISTING TSHING DOCTRINES AND DUTIES EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION. AND ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR REVIVALS. BY CHAUNCEY LEE, D.D. PASTOR OF A CHURCH Itf COLEBROOK, (CONN.) Prepare ye the way of ihe Lord; — make straight in the desert, a ay for our God. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by ihe remission of their sins. — To give light to them that sit in darkness— to guide our feet into the way cf peace, bible. MIDDLETOWX, (CCWJV.) PRINTED BY E. k H. CLARK, 1824. WJb V*> U DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, SS. H Be it remembered, That on the fourteenth day * I of January, in the forty-eighth year of the Independ- "J******** ence f the United States of America, Chauncex Lee, of the said District, hath deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following — to wit : " Sermons on the distinguishing doctrines and duties of experimen- tal religion, and especially designed for revivals. By Chauncey Lee, D. D. Pastor of a Church in Colebrook, (Conn.) Prepare ye the ivay of the Lord; make straight in the desert, a highway for our God. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of their sins — To give light to them that sit in dark- ness — 1 guide our feet into the way of peace." — Bible. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, enti- tled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut , £H2*l9fl& PREFACE. \s the design of this volume of sermons, ^ieet the feelings of all the friends of Re- it is hoped, its execution may in a * their wants in this interesting ^o scarcity of books in our county ' ^y are continually mul- tiplying, s of excellent sermons are in the haiu immunity. Yet, others are still needed, a. ^ue to the cause of Christ. Sermons, such as are addressed from the pulpit, in a season of religious awakening ; plain, prac- tical, pungent — especially calculated to arouse luke-warm Christians — to alarm the thought- less, direct the inquiring, and establish the con- verted — are, in the opinion of most ministers and Christians, demanded, in the present age of re- vivals.. As yet.no volume of sermons embrac- ing, in a connected series, the whole ground of doctrines, duties, means, and ends; and exhi- biting the rise, progress, and fruits of a revival — has been presented to the publick. The author would only add, that he has taken much pains in selecting and arranging the subjects ; and adapting them, in short discourses, to the more convenient use of religious meet- ings, and private Christians. As to style, sim- plicity and plainness only have been studied, and a manner, not to amuse, but to instruct and IV PREFACE. impress. He hopes, that the design, however imperfect the execution, may secure to the work a candid reception, and asks the prayers of all the friends of Zion, that He, who effects by feeble instruments the purposes of his mercy ; would smile on the attempt, and crown it with his blessing, to the glory of his name. CONTENTS. SERMON I. THE MESSAGE OF GOD — HOW TO RECEIVE IT.