BEING A TREATISE ON PREACHING, AS ADAPTED TO A CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONGREGATION: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO A YOUNG CLERGYMAN. BY THE REV. W. GRESLEY, M.A. LATE STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH. Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be SECOND EDITION, REVISED. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. G. F. & J. RIVINGTON ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. In preparing this edition for the press, I have availed myself largely of the suggestions of many valued friends, and of the criticisms of several unknown reviewers. The materials are entirely re-arranged : in many parts the volume is condensed; in some, new matter has been added. I have retained the form of letters because I considered it, on the whole, as well suited as any other for an elder person to convey instruction to a young friend; and admitting a plainness and familiarity of illustration, which in many parts of the subject seemed necessary. In deference to the advice of those whose judgment I deemed worthy of respect, I have omitted quotations |