to the R E A D E R. treati of upon Scripture, which if away mo~JatirfaUory and bleJfed of God, and abider more on Mcnr heartr,. · , He bringr down the higbeft controverted Pomt, and the moft fublime Myfierier of the Gofpel, in a plain and fami– liar way to difcerning Chriffianr , without affee1ation of hard and Scholaftic~ Terms. Having 'ftated tbofe great Controverftu in hif own heart, he ma~r them eafie to tbe Senfe and Experience of otberr. . He ma~et ufe of variety of Learning, though in a con~ cealed way ; ftudying to bring his Learning . to Scripture, and not Scripture to his Learning. Hir Language if natural, and exprej]ive of hif Concepti– onr, being adapted to convey Truths into the Mindr of men with clearnefr and delight. Hefpea~ the lntimacier of thingr from a inward Jenfe and feeling of them in hif own heart , to the particular Cafes and Experience of otherr. He bath a Vein of ~rang Spiritual Reafon running tbraugb a!J tbefe Difcourfes , carrying itf own Light and Evidence with it. H.e difcovers a deep in[ight into the Myfieries of the Gofpel, and a great light in the difcovery of them; fuch M if great in thif Age, but WM much greater about Forty yearr ago, when he preached thefe Lectures. He brea~th open the Miner of tbe glorious Grace of God, and the unfearchable Riches of Chrifi ; and the farther you fearcb into them the greater Treafuru you wi!J find: Plenius re– fponfura fodienti, M one faith in a li~e cafe. No man's heart WM more ta~n with the Eternal defigns of God's Grace, than hif; and no man ma~es clearer Schemes of it to others. None more clearly refolvu the Plot of Man's Salvation into pure Grace, than he. Hif Difcourfts all along are very Evangelical, carrying the Soul to an higher Holinefs; and from a higher Spring and Arguments , than what are to be found in Philofophers, from the great Pullies and Motive I of the Gofpel ;. which. are higher and n~bler Springs than what Adam bimfelf ·bad in lnnocency. a In
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