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Sermons on several occasions, publ. by E. Fletcher
Sermons on several occasions publ by E Fletcher Author:John Howe Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE PREFACE- TH E Editor has already declared to the world, that his principal intention in pub- lifhing the following difcourfes, was to ferve the interef... more »t of religion in general; and to oblige fbme worthy friends, who have a great efteem and veneration for the memory of the reverend Author. And though he apprehends there is no occafion to make any other apology for his condudl in this affair, yet he bees ' O leave, for the further fatisfadlion of he reader, to cite a paffage from the late Dr. Evans in relation to fome pofthumous Sermons of this excellent Author, which were for- A 3 merly merly published by that Gentleman. " They (fays he) who relifh Mr. c Howe's inimitable fpirit of piety, " judgement, copioufnefs, and force, ".in the management of every fub- " jecl: he hath undertaken, will be 4- glad of any remains of fo great a man ; and thofe, who have been " converfant with his writings, will " hardly want any other voucher ts" befides the Sermons themfelves, c that they are genuine, they fo " evidently carry in them, to a per- " fon .of tafte, the marks which : always diftinguifh his perfor- " rriances f." And what this Gentleman, together with Dr. Harris, faid in their dedication of all Mr. HoweVpofthumous difcouHes, may with equal truth be affirmed with refped to thcfe, which are now made public- f See the preface to the volume of Mr. Howe's polthumous Sermons publJfhed by Dr. Evans. public. " Though they are only a " fpecimen of his ordinary courfe of preaching, without any finifhing " hand, or further defign, or per- " haps always his ripeft thoughts ; " yet they carry the lively fignatures cc of the admirable genius, and ex- f cellent fpirit, which always ap- l peared in his compofures, and " rendered them fo peculiarly fit to c inftrud: ...« less