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ADVERTISEMENT.
THE
Public have a claim upon
the Editor
to be
satisfied
that
the four
following
Discourses, which are published
as
the
late Dr.
WATTS'S;
are
indeed
the production
of
his pen.
Their
authenticity
is
established by
the attestation of the late
Sir,
Thomas Abney,
in his own
hand writing, and
are.
printed
from his
Ma-
nuscript.
Though the date of
his
name
at
the
end
of
the
Sermons
is
°
Theo
balds, May
30,
1713," yet the title
prefixed
is
"
Four
Sermons
on
Job
x.
2.
by
Mr. I.
WATTS, 1702
;"
so
that
by this period
inscribed,
it
appears
that
the Doctor
was
at
the time
of
their
composition, only
about
27 years
of
age.
This circumstance
is
mentioned,
that
so
distinguished
an Author
as
the Doctor might not be degraded
from his
proper rank
by
the
severe
critic,
from
the publication
of
what
is
calculated
for
the
general
use of serious
Christians,
who
cannot but
prize any crumb
that
may fall from
a table,
which
has furnished
such
a
rich
variety of
food
for
the nicest palates.
The
proprietor of
the
Manuscript
has no pecuniary object
in
view,
but
will
consider himself amply repaid if
he should
have reason to
hope,
that,
by
this publication, (born
as
it
were
out of
due
tine,
and
under
some
disadvantages) the
voice
of
him may again be more
particularly
and
usefully
attended to,
who,
though
long
dead, continues,
and will
continue to the latest period, both
in
prose
and
verse,
to
speak
to
the
edification
of the
Church
of
Christ,
June
G,
1799,
The
Editor
of
the
present Edition
begs
leave
to
add,
that
he
has inserted
these
Sermons
with
the
free
consent
of
the
Proprietor,
and
with the
fullest
evidence
of
their authentieity.
Nov. 1505.
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