Excerpt from Sermons on Various Useful and Important Subjects, Adapted to the Family and Closet, Vol. 2 of 2 I think it my duty', and hope that none of you will confider it as fervile flattery, to take this opportunity of acknowledging my gratitude to God for the long (cries of hap pinefs, apparent ufefulnefs, ' and growing efleem which I have been privileged to enjoy amongf't you. May we Itill love as brethren, fympathize with each other's weakncffes, and promote each chefs progrefs towards the heavenly country. With feveral of you I have long walked in Chriftian fellowihip; Let not languor and indifference increafe, the nearer we approach the end of our journey. The prize is great: -not lefs important than when we firft began the purfuit -. Our con due'c will be attended to by our younger bre thren -let not our example tend to abate their ardour, but rather animate and encon rage them to prefs on, and to perfevere to the end. BE faithful TO death: This be the watch-word amongf't us, and HE that endureth TO the end shall BE saved: This be the encouragement to ex hilarate us in the purfuit. -with pleat'ure alfo would I feize this opportunity to addrefs' 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.