use reely those magazines of spiritual wealth, viz. paraphrases and commentaries, &c. on all or any particular portions of the Bible, which form a sort of common property, and because they are open to all, and withheld from none, he makes no apology for so doing; and as for the method pursued in other respects, he would refer to his volume already before the public, in which will there be found, in the outset, the most full and circumstantial statements. In style, he has aimed at that variety which diversity of character and scene pre-suppose; in general, however, he has preferred great plainness of speech to studied elegance of composition, and to excite interest more than produce elaborate disquisitions; and he trusts there will be found a plain, perspicuous mode of dealing with topics, which, while it is unquestionably the most natural, is in general the most acceptable and useful, and this is a sufficient reason why, in most in.stances, it should be preferred. On the whole, what the Author can safely aver is, that he hopes that the principles and tendency of the work are sound and scriptural throughout. If sins are discovered in practice, it is that they may be corrected; if errors are exposed in doctrine, it is that they may be avoided; and if any fellow traveller, who, like Philemon, has just set his foot on the land of promise, finds the experience of others embodied in his own, or their successes and failures made profitable to his own soul,-if, in short, this work of faith and labour of love is so helped and blessed of God as to help forward the best of causes, and the most important of all journeys, the ascription of the whole glory shall be given to the Lord, and the spirit of thanksgiving shall daily be excited in the mind of the Author himself. 69, Myddelton Square, May 11, 1838. ERRATA. Page Line 7, 8, 50, 52, 82, 98, 101, 102, 116, 126, 154, 172, 185, 194, 227, 239, 240, 267, 28, for umbrage read occasion 29, for such as this interest is, you will find in several, read this interest, such as it is, you will find in the several 5, for experiences read experience 28 for comforts read comfort 20, for for holding read from holding 28, for its absence read the absence of 33, for whom, I am now anxious, that he should, read whom I am now anxious should 300, 28, 29, for are, and gospels, read is, and gospel 313, 317, 9, for sanctities read sanctity 2, for institute read institution BY THE SAME AUTHOR, DISCOURSES, Practical and Experimental, on the EPISTLE 10 THE COLOSSIANS. Second Edition, 8vo. 10s. 6d. |