Excerpt from Practical Discourses on the Leading Truths of the Gospel There will be found, in many of the jermans, exprefione of reference to the time of their being fir/t preached, particularbr to the adminiflration of the jacrament of the Lord's fupper. It had been eafy to have altered the fintencex in which expref: mention it made of that ordinance; but a: there it often a peculiarity or propriety of lan guage through the whole of a difcour/e, which it befl under/toad when we know the time and circum fiancee qf it: fidl compqfition, I choje to let them fiand a: they were. Another red/on inclined me to the fame thing The choice of the fubjec'te for publication was made in juch a manner a: to give a pretty full view of the revelation of divine men cy in the gofpel, and by that mean: to illufirate and fupport the truth. But a: there i: a greht danger of running too much into controverfl and [peculatiom the befi way to avoid this finned to be, to let the jermone retains every thing particular and praetical, intended for the in jt'ruftion, reproofl. Or conjolation, of the audience, when they were firft' delivered; With the/e few remarke, I commit them to the candour of the public, with very little con cern a: to the judgement of tho/e w'ho read only to pafi jentence upon the ability of the, writer, but earnefily praying, that God may make them inflru mental in turning firmer: from the error of their way:, and promoting the finb'tification and peace 4 tho/e who have known the truth a: it i: in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.