Excerpt from A Sermon Preached at the Church in Back-Street, Boston, May 22, 1768 Some arguments, which for want of time, were but jufi: hinted in the delivery, are here inferted at their intended length: This has contributed to fwell it in the ptefs beyond the ufual fize of a pulpit-difcourfe. The greateft care has been taken not to abule the public by an impofition ofa fome thing elfe on them, infiead of the difcourfe for which they\ had fubfcribed. They may be/ afihred the train of thought has fuffered no difcernible alterations; it is taken from the brief fltetch of the compofition from which it was delivered But, as it was not committed to writing 'till the publication became inevitable, the writer cannot (0 far depend on his me; mory as to promife his reader the fame language he heard from the (leni. Amidf't many defects in this performance, which it will not be difficult for the critical eye to' fpy, and of which the preacher is very fenfible, he {helters himfelfunder the import ance of his Subjeet which, without his aid, mull. Recommend it'felf to the ferious attention of all who are not above trial at the bar of christ. 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.