LUKE ix. 55. But he turned, and rebuked them,.. and faid, Ye know not what manner of Spirit ye are of.

General Characters of the Chrif tian Temper..

SERM. II.

A new Spirit.

P. 22:

EPH. iv. 23. And be renewed in the Spirit of

your mind.

SERM. III.

A divine Nature..

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P. 42.

2.PET. i. 4-That by thefe ye might be par-takers of the divine Nature.

PHIL. ii. 5. Let this mind be in you, which was alfo in Chrift Fefus.

SERM,

SERM. V, VI.

P. 822

A carnal and a fpiritual Mind. ROM. viii. 6. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be fpiritually minded is life

and peace..

SERM. VII..

p. 117

Faith the main principle of the Chriftian Temper..

2 COR. V. 7. For we walk by faith, not by fight.

Branches of the Chriftian Tem

per..

In relation to God, or Godliness.

SERM. VIII, IX..

P. 138

2 PET. i. 6. And to patience, godliness.

In relation to Chrift as Mediator.

SERM. X..

Faith in Chrift.

P. 174

PET. i. 8. Whom having not feen, ye love; In whom, though now ye fee him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glorys

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Whom having not feen, ye love, &c.

i

SERM. XII.

Rejoicing in Chrift.

p. 210

-In whom, though now ye fee him not, yet believing, ye rejoice, &c.

SERM. XIII, XIV, XV, XVI.

In relation to the Holy Spirit.

p. 231

EPH. v. 18.-Be filled with the Spirit.

SERM. XVII, XVIII.

P. 313

"The Spirit of Bondage, and the Spirit of

Adoption.

ROM. viii. 15. For ye have not received the Spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

SERM. XIX.

P. 356

Chriftian Fortitude.

2 PET. i. 5. And befides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue.

SOME

SOME.

MEMOIRS

QF THE

LIFE OF DR. EVANS,

Who died May 16, 1730, in the 51ft year of his age.*

HE was born at Wrexham,. in Denbig?hire: His fa

ther was a minifter at Ofweftry, in Shropshire, and ejected in 1662. He afterwards fettled again at Wrexham, and lived in general esteem among the gentlemen of that country. His mother was the daughter of the

eminent Colonel Gerard, who was Governor of Chefter castle, a woman of an excellent fpirit, and great underftanding.

He had his education firft under Mr. Thomas Row of London; and afterwards under Mr. Richard Frankland, at Rathmill in Yorkshire. He enjoyed fingular advantages under both, and made an uncommon proficiency in all the parts of rational and polite literature, which he cultivated and improved all his life. He enlarged his views of feveral things beyond those of his education, as fincere and inquifitive minds ever will do. His firft fettlement in life was in the family of Mrs. Hunt of Boreatton in Shropshire t. He was treated with the kindness and respect of a fon by that excellent lady, and by all the family; which he always mentioned with a fingular pleasure and honour... Here he enjoyed the great felicity of an agreeable retirement in a religious family, and pleafant country, with all the convenience for study and devotion, and proper diverfion when he could be perfuaded to take it. Being now in the vigour of life, and having fufficient leifure, he read over entire Mr. Pool's Latin Synopfis in five large folios, which laid the foundation of his great fkill in Scripture Criticism, without fome knowledge of which, no man can.

Extracted from his Funeral Sermon, preached by Dr. Harris.. +She was relict of Rowland Hunt, Efq. and fifter of Lord Paget, who was ambassador to the Ottoman court. thoroughly

thoroughly understand his Bible, or make the proper use of it. He read over all the Chriftian writers of the three first centuries, under the direction of a very learned and able friend; making judicious extracts of what related to the doctrine and practice of the primitive church, which were of great ufe to him ever after.

While he was in this family, he first began to preach, though he was then very young. He fpent a whole week in folemn retirement, and in extraordinary exercifes of devotion, when he first took the whole paftoral charge of the congregation in Little Broad-street, Moorfields, London; where he spent the principal part of his life and labours, in which he always reckoned, with great thankfulness and pleasure, was sober, judicious, and peaceable. And God owned his miniftry and endeavours in various ways to the good of many, young and eld, and in fome inftances very fingular and remarkable. He was several years concerned in the Sunday evening lecture at Salters Hall; and was chofen one of the fix preachers at the Merchants-lecture in the fame place, in the room of Mr. Jeremiah Smith.

es upon

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He publifhed many fermons upon divers occafions; and two volumes of very judicious and ufeful difcourfthe "Chriftian Temper"; a noble fubject, and of ftanding ufe. Thefe difcourfes met with uncommon' regard in the world. He was once engaged in a controverfial writing with a late learned perfon, concerning. the "Importance of Scripture Confequences," which was generally allowed to be managed in a masterly manner, with clearnefs, judgment, fobriety, and decency,

He received the higheft marks of respect from two learned bodies, viz. the univerfities of Edinburg and Aberdeen, who conferred on him the degree of doctor without his knowledge, and in the moft honourable manner. He fometimes prefided at public ordinations with great gravity and wildom.

His character was remarkable for many excellent endowments, which were very evident in him, and fuperior to most others. He had a great folidity of judg

* Uncommon indeed!-'Tis not very often that fermons now-adays pafs a fecond or third edition; yet there has been fuch a demand for thefe excellent difcourfes of Dr. EVANS's on the Chrif tian Temper, (though in two octavo volumes) that five large impreffions have been already fold.

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