THE

GREAT IMPORTANCE

OF A

RELIGIOUS LIFE

CONSIDERE D.

BY THE LATE WILLIAM MELMOTH, Esq.
OF LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON.

FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD LONDON EDITION.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS
ON THE CREDIBILITY

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION;

AND,

A few concise observations on

PRAY E R.

Alexandría:

PRINTED BY COTTOM AND STEWART, FOR
SAMUEL BISHOP.

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TO THE

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

LEAVING

VING to others the task of answering objections to a revelation which all, except the wicked, who are determined neither to repent or reform, must at least hope to be true, the author of the following work, in a ftile at once fimple and impreffive, warm, yet perfectly free from enthufiafm, calls the attention of the thoughtless and indifferent to the ferious concerns of a future ftate; recommends the practice of thofe plain precepts of chriftianity which formed the rule of his own life; and with irresistible conviction, points out to his rea