An inquiry into the nature of true holiness. With an appendix; containing an answer to the Rev. Mr. William Hart's Remarks on President Edwards's dissertation on the nature of true virtue: and brief remarks on some things the Rev. Mr. Mather has lately published. Also an answer to the Rev. Mr. Hemmenway's Vindication, &c. / By Samuel Hopkins, M.A. Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Newport.

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Author:	Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803.
Title:	An inquiry into the nature of true holiness. With an appendix; containing an answer to the Rev. Mr. William Hart's Remarks on President Edwards's dissertation on the nature of true virtue: and brief remarks on some things the Rev. Mr. Mather has lately published. Also an answer to the Rev. Mr. Hemmenway's Vindication, &c. / By Samuel Hopkins, M.A. Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Newport.
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Subject terms:	Hart, William, 1713-1784. -- Remarks on President Edward's dissertation concerning the nature of true virtue. Mather, Moses, 1719-1806. -- Visible church, in covenant with God. Hemmenway, Moses, 1735-1811. -- Vindication of the power, obligation and encouragement of the unregenerate ... Salvation. Holiness. Regeneration (Theology).
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ERRATA.

THE PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

An INQUIRY into the Na|ture of TRUE HOLINESS, &c.

SECTION I. SOME general, introductory observations concerning the nature of true holiness.

SECTION II. Wherein it is shewed that holiness consists in LOVE.

SECTION III. Wherein it is inquired what that love is, in which all true holiness consisteth.

SECTION IV. Wherein self-love is shewn to be no part of that love in which holiness consists; but of a nature quite different and opposite.

SECTION V. In which the foregoing account of sin and holiness is shewn to be agreeable to reason.

SECTION VI. In which is shewn that holiness, as taught in divine revela|tion, consists in universal benevolence, agreeable to the foregoing account.

SECTION VII. Answers to several objections against the foregoing account of true holiness.

SECTION VIII. Inferences from the foregoing account of the nature of true holiness.

ADVERTISEMENT.

APPENDIX. NUMB. I. Containing an answer to Mr. Hart's remarks on President Edwards's dissertation concerning the nature of true virtue.

SECTION I. Mr. Hart's objections against Mr. Edwards's making true virtue to consist primarily in benevolence, which has uni|versal being for its primary object, considered and an|swered.

SECTION II. Mr. Hart's objections against Mr. Edwards's notion of the secondary or natural beauty in virtue, considered and obviated.

SECTION III. Mr. Hart's objections against Mr. Edwards's account of natural conscience, and moral sense, considered and an|swered.

SECTION IV. Mr. Hart's account of the essential nature of true virtue, and of a defective sort of virtue, &c. considered.

APPENDIX. NUMBER II. REMARKS on some passages in the piece entitled,

APPENDIX. NUMBER III. An Answer to the Rev. Mr. Hemmen|way's "Vindication of the power, obli|gation and encouragement of the unrege|nerate to attend the means of grace — Against the exceptions of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Hopkins."

INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I. The point in controversy more particularly stated: The me|thod Mr. H—y takes to support his cause: Its weak|ness and fallacy shewn.

SECTION II. Remarks on Mr. Hemmenway's particular arguments to prove his point.

SECTION III. A brief reply to Mr. Hemmenway's answer to my arguments, proving the unregenerate do no duty.

SECTION IV. Brief remarks on what Mr. H—y says of the INABILI|TY of the unregenerate.

SECTION V. On the evil tendency of Mr. Hemmenway's Book.