Excerpt from Twenty-One Sermons, on a Variety of Interesting Subjects, Sentimental and Practical The reason or the serm. I. Tained in this hope. And they depend on the enlighten ing influences of the Spirit of Chriit, for the increafing knowledge of this which they may and ought to ob. Tain in this life. Therefore the apoitle Paul prays for the Chrifiians at Ephefus, that God would give unto them the fpirit of wifdom and' revelation in the know: ledge of him the eyes of their underftanding being en lightened, that they might know what was tbe bope of. His calling, and what the riches of the glory of his in heritance in the faints. Chrifiians may be aliiiled in their meditations on this pleafing and important fubjeet, by attending to the following brief and fcanty repre fentation of their hope, taken from the holy fcriptures. 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.