Excerpt from The Sermons, and Other Practical Works, of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Ralph Erskine, Minister of the Gospel in Dunfermline, Vol. 1: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons, Besides His Poetical Pieces; In Ten Large Volumes Octavo; To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Author's Life and Writings, With an Elegiac Poem, and Large Contents; Entered in Stationers-Hall The Author, of the following fermons, was born at Monilaws, in the county of Northumberland, on Sab bath the 15th' ii? March, 168 5, at three o'clock in the afternoon and baptized at Chirnfide on the 5th 'of A pril, faid year, by the Reverend Mr. William Violand. - He'gave pretty early proofs of a great genius and fine fancy and feveral inftances of a pious difpofition and a folid way of reflecting on matters. On this account he was, by his parents, early deftined for the holy mi niftry, who refolved to give him a regular and liberal education, in order to qualify him for that important office. 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.