Excerpt from The Great Supper, or an Illustration and Defence of Some of the Doctrines of Grace; In Three Familiar Discourses: With an Introduction by Alexander T. McGill To prevent misapprehension, some explana tion may be needed with respect to the origir and design of the following discourses. They were occasioned by repeated attacks upon the doctrinal system of the Presbyterian Church, apparently made to proselyte its members; and were addressed to audiences of a mixed character, consisting of persons of various religious creeds, and of very differ ent degrees of intelligence. It was therefore the desire of the speaker to adapt his phrase ology, arrangement, and mode of illustration, to the most humble capacity. 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.