IN the Preface to Dr. WATTs's sermons in Octavo, the reader will find the following character of this work.--"Since I first published these discourses, “ the world has been furnished with a more compleat “ account of most of these subjects, in that excellent “ treatise called the CHRISTIAN TEMPER, which my “ worthy friend Dr. EVANS bath sent abroad, and " which is, perhaps, the most compleat summary of “ those duties which make up the Christian life, that “ hath been published in our age. Dr. John Evans's CHRISTIAN TEMPER contains a course of excellent Sermons on that subject. “ His Style is grave, plain, manly, and nervous-His Heads always distinct and well arranged ; the Scriptures well and properly collected." Vide Dr. Williams's Preacher, BY JOHN EVANS, D.D. TO WHICH IS NOW PREFIXED, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY JOHN ERSKINE, D.D. ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF EDINBURGH. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. London: PRINTED FOR RICHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1825. 94-18-1924 THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHAT SPIRIT LUKE ix. 55. But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Eph. iv. 23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. |