The PREFACE. xxxix liihed upon the divine attributes, which have been fo well received in the learned world, that it is unneceffary to fay any thing concerning them. BUT above all things, he applied himfelf to the ftudy of the holy fcriptures ; his thorough acquaintance with which, the reader will fee in the perufal of his fer- mons : No man could be more happy in pertinent quotations from them; or in explaining the more difficult and contro- verted paffages, comparing texts together, and calling' light upon them, by reafoning from the undoubted principles of religion, in which he had a great dexterity. Bur while he was thus employed in the north, and had acquired a very high repu- tation, he was, in the year 17i7, invited by the congregation of proteflant diffenters at Ufher's Quay in Dublin, to be their paf- tor, in conjunction with the late reverend Mr. Arbuckle, then their foie paftor. This affair gave him much trouble. He had con - traaed a very great affection for his people in Antrim, and had teen his labours among them fuccefsfnl. He highly efteemed the e 4 fociety
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