THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION;. OR, THE PRECIOUSNESS. OF CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. BY JOHN THORNTON. "To you that believe he is precious."-1 Pet. ii. 7. "The central point of all revealed truth is Christ crucified; because Fifth Edition. LONDON: Book Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge, 19, PATERNOSTER ROW. PREFACE. In our age, Christianity has been attacked in various ways. Some with dissembled professions of friendship, have laboured secretly to undermine its fundamental principles; while others have either boldly denied the miracles, which attest its Divine authority, or misrepresented the spirit and tendency by which it is characterised. Learning has drawn forth its resources, vain philosophy has levelled it arguments, and wit employed its ridi |