The Design

You have now taken the first solemn step which is to separate you from, the world. You have avowed your purpose to follow Christ, and have begun to entertain the question, whether you shall not enroll yourself among his people. In these circumstances, if rightly affected, you are conscious of an unusual solicitude, a tender fear of doing wrong, and an earnest desire to be instructed. It is to furnish you with some plain directions, as to the professing of religion and ita consequent obligations, that the following paragraphs are offered to your devout coneideration.