THE CHRISTIAN PREACHER, OR, DISCOURSES ON PREACHING, BY SEVERAL EMINENT DIVINES, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, REVISED AND ABRIDGED; WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE CHOICE OF BOOKS. BY EDWARD WILLIAMS, D. D. First American from the Second London Edition,with Improvements. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED FOR, AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM W. WOODWARD, ΤΟ THE STUDENTS WHO NOW ARE, AND THE YOUNG MINISTERS WHO LATE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF THE EDITOR, THIS PUBLICATION IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED AND RECOMMENDED, BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND, EDWARD WILLIAMS. 831 Cil CONTENTS. Page Disc. I. On the Gift of Preaching. By Bp. WILKINS II. Of preaching Christ. By Mr. JOHN JENNINGS 45 - III. Of particular and experimental preaching. IV. Of the most useful way of preaching. By Pro- V. Rules of Conduct. By Dr. WATTS VI. On the Evil and Danger of neglecting Souls. VII. On the Composition of a Sermon. By Mr. Appendix. The Preacher's Library. By the EDITOR. 267 HARVARD UNIVERSITY |