"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises." 2 Peter i. 4. BOSTON: THOMAS WHITTEMORE. ·44.103,30 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1840, by THOMAS WHITTEMORE, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. William A. Hall & Co. PREFACE. To a class of believers, nothing should be made so familiar as those truths that constitute the basis of their peculiar faith. And to the denomination with which the compiler of this little manual has the happy privilege of membership, no acquisition should be deemed of paramount importance to a thorough knowledge of what God has promised in reference to the ultimate state of the human family; for, as has been remarked by a distinguished di vine, the promises of God are the only sure foundation of our hope. By a perusal of these pages, it will be perceived that an effort has been made to collect and arrange the divine promises, so that, at a glance, as it were, we can survey the whole ground on which rests all our expectations of immortal good. The testimonies of the sacred penmen are here brought together, and, like true and faithful witnesses, each substantially corroborates the evidence given by the other. It may however be affirmed, that an equal number of threatenings might also be gathered from the sacred pages,which we would by no means deny. Yet, nevertheless, we possess the glorious assurance that neither the denunci |