Excerpt from The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D, Vol. 9: Containing Essays, Sermons, &C., On Important Subjects; Intended to Illustrate and Establish the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, and to Point Out Its Influence on Holiness of Life Let it be -'obferved here that as it was before (aid, if we aim at no more than a fiandard of computa tion, fome commodities are not only as good, but better than any money, (0 if we confine ourfelves to a fign only feparate from a fiandard, many things that might be named are not only as good, but far better than either the ftandard itfelf, or what we call money, becaufe they are much more edlily reckoned, tranfported, and concealed. This appears particulary from the {late of figns in modern times, after fo much experience and unprovement has taken place. For if we can guard fufficiently againlt the dangers to which they are expofed, figns inconcei vably facilitate commerce. We can put any valueat? 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.