INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. HAVING already introduced to the notice of our readers one of RrcHARD BAxTER's most valuable Treatises,* in the Essay to which we adverted to the character and writings of this venerable author, we count it unnecessary at present to make any allusion to them, but shall confine our remarks to the subj ect of the three Treatises which compose the present volume, namely, "A CALL TO THE U NCONVERTED To TURN AND LivE;" "Now oR NEvER;" -and "FIPTY REASONS WHY A SINNER OUGHT TO TURN TO GoD THIS DAY WITHOUT DELAY." These Treatises are characterized by all that solemn earnestness, and urgency of appeal, for which the writings of this much-admired author are ::::o peculiarly distinguished. He seems to look upon mankind solely with the eyes of the Spirit, and exclusively to recognise them in their spiritual relations, and in the great and essential elements of their immortal being. Their future destiny is the all-important concern which fills and engrosses his mind, and he regards nothing of any magnitude but what has a distinct bearing on their spiritual and eternal condition. His business, therefore, is always with the conscience, to which, in these Treatises, he makes the most forcible appeals, and which he plies with all those arguments which are fitted to awaken the sinner to a deep sense of the necessity and importance * ':fhe Saints' Everlasting Rest, with an Essay by Mr. J!;rskine..
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