Excerpt from Characteristics of New England Theology: A Discourse Delivered at the First Public Anniversary of the Congregational Board of Publication, at the Tremont Temple BostonAllusion has been just made to the primary design of the founders of this Society. That this may be fully understood, it Will be proper for me to quote the second article of its Constitution. It is the object of this Society to procure and circu late such tracts and books as are adapted to explain, prove, vindicate and illustrate, the peculiar and essential doctrines of the gospel, and to discrimi nate between genuine and spurious religious affec tions and experience. And the Tracts and Books published and circulated by this Society, shall be in accordance With the doctrines of the gospel, as pro fessed and defended by our Puritan ancestors in New England, and by the original founders of this Society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.