Excerpt from Examination of Mr. Maurice's Theological Essays Thus three strong cords drew him out of the pit of old vulgar Universalism: a sense Of sin; an apprehension Of the divine perfections; reverence of the Scripture. Sin, in himself and in the world around him, was not to be made light of; the perfections of God were not to be resolved into mere good-nature Scripture was not to be set aside, or twisted so as to mean anything or nothing. These Degreeswere not, he acknowledges, very deep, vital convictions. But they were honest Opinions as far as they went. And they made him despise the Universalist and Unitarian theories as weak. I do not know, he adds, that I found anything at all better (p. He passes at once, accordingly, to the reconstruction of his own belief, de novo which was, it would seem, a work or process altogether personal to himself: I can say, I did not receive this of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.