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Front Matter The Great Awakening

Table of Contents and Illustrations CONTENTS List of Illustrations

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 1. Some Operating Concepts 2. The Arminian Threat 3. A Surprising Work of God 4. The Morphology of Conversion 5. The Faithful Narrative 6. Premonitions of Controversy 7. Testing the Spirits 8. Critics' Onslaught 9. Thoughts from the Heart 10. Counterthoughts 11. The Quest for True Religion 12. Note on the Texts 13. Acknowledgments

A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF MAY 30, 1735 BENJAMIN COLMAN'S ABRIDGMENT, NOVEMBER 1736 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (LONDON, 1737) ATTESTATION FROM SIX HAMPSHIRE MINISTERS TEXT OF A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE [ A New Awakening Begins ] [ Responses of the Awakened ] [ Two Notable Converts ] [ Concluding Observations ]

THE DISTINGUISHING MARKS PREFACE BY WILLIAM COOPER TEXT OF THE DISTINGUISHING MARKS [ Negative Signs ] [ Positive Evidences ] [ Application ]

SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE REVIVAL AUTHOR'S PREFACE PART I [ The Revival Not To Be Judged A Priori ] [ Scripture as a Whole the Criterion ] [ The Need for Discrimination ] [ An Example of Evangelical Piety ] PART II [ Examples and Warnings from Scripture ] [ The Millennium Probably To Dawn in America ] [ Further Warnings from Scripture ] [ Duties of Civil Rulers ] [ Duties of Ministers ] [ Duties of the Laity ] PART III [ Ten Criticisms Answered ] PART IV [ Causes of Errors ] [ Particular Errors ] PART V [ Stumbling Blocks Should Be Removed ] [ Orthodoxy Should Be Reaffirmed ] [ Older Persons Should Forsake Unbelief ] [ Ministers Should Seek Grace, Zeal, and Courage ] [ Colleges Should Nurture Piety in Their Students ] [ Wealth and Power Should Be Used for Religious Ends ] [ All Christians Should Honor God in Every Way ]

SOME LETTERS RELATING TO THE REVIVAL TO DEACON LYMAN OF GOSHEN, CONNECTICUT TO THE REV. JAMES ROBE OF KILSYTH, SCOTLAND TO THE REV. WILLIAM McCULLOCH OF CAMBUSLANG, SCOTLAND TO THE CONVOCATION OF EVANGELICAL PASTORS TO THE REV. THOMAS PRINCE OF BOSTON TO WILLIAM McCULLOCH TO THE REV. THOMAS GILLESPIE OF CARNOCK, SCOTLAND

THE PREFACE TO TRUE RELIGION BY JOSEPH BELLAMY TEXT OF THE PREFACE TO TRUE RELIGION