NEW YORK

TO THE CONGREGATION

OF

WHELER CHAPEL, SPITAL SQUARE,

THIS VOLUME OF DISCOURSES

PREACHED BEFORE THEM,

AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST;

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY THEIR LATE MINISTER,

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

THE Discourses of this Volume make no pretence to please a critical or fastidious mind. The notes, from which they were preached, were prepared in all the pressure of engagements connected with the relinquishment of an arduous scene of labour, and they are now written out, and sent to the press amidst the many calls of a new situation, and the entire charge of a Country Parish.

The excuse for their coming forth is, that the Author could not refuse the earnest desire of those who heard them; and his hope respecting them is, that they may be useful to a beloved congregation, among whom the Author laboured for many years, and possibly

to others who are desiring plain scriptural truths on common but the most important subjects.

He commends them to the blessing of Him who can use the weakest earthen vessel to preserve and convey the treasures of his grace.

WATTON, HERTS,

MAY 4, 1831.