THE CONVERSION

OF

THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

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LECTURE I. (Page 1.)

CHRISTIAN BELIEF CONTRASTED WITH HEATHEN UNBELIEF.

ACTS XVII. 32.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked:

and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

LECTURE II. (Page 21.)

HEATHEN BELIEF DIRECTED TOWARDS A TEMPORAL PROVIDENCE.

ACTS XVII. 22.

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of

Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

LECTURE III. (Page 40.)

EXPANSION OF HEATHEN BELIEF BY THE TEACHING OF THE

PHILOSOPHERS.

ACTS XVII. 26.

God hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all

the face of the earth.