ERRATA. Page 4th, line 16th, read witticism for criticism. piness. Page 15th, line 19th, for take the, read take the. away Page 18th, line 9th from the bottom, for mean read mcans, Page 18th, line 8th from bottom, for were surprised, read were so surprised. Page 22d, line 22d, for of read to. Page 25th, line 13th, for me, read one. Page 31 st, line 2d from bottom, for question read questions. Page 45th, line 10th from bottom, for my read by. Page 47th, line 8th, for raised read being raised. Page 48th, line 17th from bottom, for other read others.. Page 61st, line 11th, for curse read cause. Page 62d, line 5th from bottom, for did make read did not make. TO SUBSCRIBERS. THE publisher is happy to acknowledge the patronage his brethren have given by their subscriptions. Had he not been disappointed in the workmen he first engaged, the books would not have been so long delayed. The work falls considerably short of the number of pages that was calculated they would contain; but they are much larger than the publisher anticipated. LECTURES ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS; DELIVERED IN BETHEL IN THE YEAR 1819. BY SAMUEL C. LOVELAND. WOODSTOCK: PRINTED BY DAVID WATSON. 1819. 1. MATT. xi. 23, 24. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. 2. MATT. xii. 36, 37. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 3. JOHN V. 22. For the Father judgeth no man ; but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. 4. JOHN xii. 47, 48. And if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 5. Acrs xvii. 31. Because he (that is God) hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that |