upon the acceffion of the present family to the throne, will be found deferving parti. cular attention in fuch a period as the prefent. It must be a public benefit to have fuch a favoury entertainment made acceffible, through the Prefs, to all who regard the means of their own fpiritual improvement, or that of others; and we hope, that, through the divine bleffing, the long-prevailing rage for frivolous or dangerous reading, may, in fome measure, be counteracted, by fuch folid and useful publications as the prefent. THUS far we have taken the liberty to exprefs ourselves, in compliance with the request of those concerned in the present Publication. 7/2 (Signed) ARCH. BRUCE, Minifter of the Gospel at Whitburn. ADVERTISEMENT. HE Author of the Difcourfes now of THE fered to the Public, is fo univerfally known, and his character as a practical and evangelical writer is fo fully established with religious perfons of all denominations, that, in regard to the prefent Publication, it may fuffice to ftate, that the Discourses in this and the fucceeding Volumes, àre all of them upon important Subjects; fome of them uncommon and ftriking. They were compofed by the Author in the early part of his ministry, and in the most vigorous period of his life, as will appear by the dates prefixed to them; on which account, as well as to distinguish them from preceding Publications by the fame Author, though they are the last offered to the Public, they appear under the title PRIMITIÆ; and as the whole of the remaining Manufcripts of the hand-writing of the worthy Author, as far as is known, are in the poffeffion of the pre fent THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THE LATE REVEREND AND LEARNED THOMAS BOSTON, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT ETTRICK ;—AUTHOR OF THE FOURFOLD STATE, AND OTHER VALUABLE WORKS; NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM HIS MANUSCRIPTS, IN POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILY, CONSISTING OF SIXTY-SIX SERMONS ON IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING SUBJECTS. With a RECOMMENDATORY PREFACE by the Clergyman who prepared the WORK for the Press. By it, he being dead, yet speaketh. HEB. xi. 4. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. Edinburgh: PRINTED FOR W. CREECH, J. FAIRBAIRN, OGLE & AIKMAN, MUNDELL & SONS, AND C. DICKSON, By J. Pillans & Sons. |