Sermons Preach'd Upon Several Occasions Author:John Wilkins General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1701 Original Publisher: Printed for Ri. Chiswell, Will. Battersby, and Will. Rogers Subjects: Great Britain Sermons Sermons, English Religion / Sermons / General Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Notes: This is a black and w... more »hite OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Btcavfe though there be many Sermons yet not many fuch ; whether we confrder in them, the ufefttlnefs and weight of the matters treated of or the fuitable manner of handling them, in ajlile of fo much clearnefs and clofenefs And ftrength, as mas fitted (as he himfelf was went to wifb) to the capacity of the weakeft, and the conviftion of the ftrongeft; or the folid or well-poized judgment of the Author in points of difficulty ; or lafilyy the admirable candour and moderation of his temper in mutters of difference and difpute. And Ipurpofely mention his Moderation , and likewife ad-venture to coiqmend him for it j riotwithftanding that this Virtue, fp much cfteemed and magnified by wife men in all Jges , hath of late been declaimed again ft with fo much se aland fercenefs , and jst with that good grace and confidence , as if it were not only no Virtue, lut even the fuyi aad abridgment ff all Vices. Iftji notiziifhftaKdwg all this, 1 amflill of the oldOpinio, That modertioi is a Virtue,« less