The Substance of Seven Sermons, First preached at St. Sepulchre's, London, 1661, a lit- - BY MATTHEW MEAD, And the Pharisees heard all these things, and they derided him. PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY GEORGE B. HUNTLEY, 1819. Where the works of Matthew Mead are known, they need no man's recommendation. They meet a good testimony in every man's conscience Himself an experienced and practical christian, he meets the approbation of every soul anxious about its eternal state. The tittle treatise of his which you have republished is one of his most valuable works. In this he has shewn himself a master in Israel-a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. No man can read The Almost Christian, with seriousness and attention without knowing something more of his state than he did before.The nature and fruits of a gracious state are delineated with accuracy, plainness and fidelity. The author's object is to make the reader prove himself; and if I am not widely mistaken, he has fully succeeded. At the present day, when many things are palmed upon the community as the genuine fruits of the operation of the Spirit of God-when the grounds of a sinner's acceptance with God are so much misunderstood, and so many are satisfied with a mere name to live while dead, this treatise is highly seasonable. I cheerfully recommend it to every man who feels the necessity and importance of preparing to meet his God. CORNELIUS C CUYLER, This work has received the approbation of the pious for a great number of years, and has been translated into the Dutch language, and for ought I know, into the language of other nations. The merits of the book are not generally known amongst us, owing to its extreme scarcity. My name may be of some service to its spread, among those with whom my recommenda tion has some influence,; and that influence, small and insignificant as it may be, I feel it my duty to embark in the circulation of a work so little known, and so much A 2 5959 6 79656 (RECAP) |