PREACHED IN THE TRON CHURCH, Glasgow, BY THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D.. MINISTER OF THE TRON CHURCH, GLASGOW. GLASGOW: Printed at the University Press, FOR JOHN SMITH AND SON, GLASGOW; WILLIAM WHYTE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH; AND LONDON. 1819. ΤΟ THE MEMBERS OF THE TRON CHURCH CONGREGATION, GLASGOW, THE FOLLOWING SERMONS ARE INSCRIBED, WITH A LIVELY FEELING ON THE PART OF THEIR AUTHOR, OF ALL THE KINDNESS AND GOOD WILL WHICH HE HAS EXPERIENCED, DURING THE TIME OF HIS CONNECTION WITH THEM, AND WITH EVERY ASSURANCE OF HIS AFFECTIONATE DESIRE FOR THEIR BEST INTERESTS. PREFACE. THE doctrine which is most urgently, and most frequently insisted on in the following volume, is that of the depravity of human nature, and it were certainly cruel to expose the unworthiness of man for the single object of disturbing him. But the cruelty is turned into kindness, when, along with the knowledge of the disease, there is offered an adequate and all powerful remedy. It is impossible to have a true perception of our own character, in the sight of God, without feeling our need of |