Excerpt from The Works of the Late Reverend James Hervey, A. M., Rector of Weston-Favell, in Northamptonshire, Vol. 5: Containing His Five Sermons, Miscellaneous Tracts and Part of His Letters As thefe fermons were not preached to gratify a carfour tafte, neither are they publifhed with any fond profpeet of reforming a finjul nation. Sincerely as the author loves his country, and ardently as he de fires the falvation of his countrymen, he is not fo vainly fanguine ln his expectations - But this he will venture to afi'ert, that, if ever a reformation is pro duced, it mufi, under the influences of the eternal splrlt, be produced by the doctrines of free grace, and juttification through a redeemer's righteouf pefs. Till thefe doctrines are generally inculcated, the molt eloquent harangues from the pulpit, or the Inuit correct d1ffertations from the ptefs, w1ll be no better than a poi'ntlefs arrow, and a broken how. 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.