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SELECT ESSAYS,

DOCTRINAL & PRACTICAL,

ON A VARIETY OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING
SUBJECTS IN DIVINITY.

TOGETHER WITH

A SERMON,

On the great matter and end of gospel
Preaching.

BY THE REV. WILLIAM M'EWEN,
Late minister of the gospel in Dundee.

FIRST AMERICAN
FROM THE SIXTH LONDON EDITION.

SALEM, N. Y.

PUBLISHED BY J. STEVENSON, Jr.
At the Salem Book-Store.

J. P. REYNOLDS, PRINTER,

CONTENTS.

TITLES OF THE ESSAYS.

Page

Page.

The great evil of sin 13 The character of a hypo-

On man's misery by sin

On the inevitable misery of

the wicked

On Christ's dying instead

of sinners, to make a

full satisfaction for their

transgressions

On the union betwixt Christ

and believers

On trusting in God

On trusting in Christ

On imitating Christ

On faith

On forgiveness of sin,

through faith in Christ's

divine blood

On evangelical repentance

for sin

16

crite

21

The character of a sincere

christian

75

77

79

81

On christian prudence

On christian diligence

On slothfulness; or, the

christian stirred up to

diligence and activity 83

28 On the improvement of

32 time

24

86

35 The superior and distin-

36 guishing advantages of

39 the christian in this life 82

On the certainty of the

christian's perseverance

in his happy state

On assurance of present

ing for righteousness 50 On the resurrection

90

43

47

and future happiness 93

On hungering and thirst-

On death

95

98

excellency, & necessity 54 On the misery of

On joy in the Holy Ghost 60 On the happiness of

On affliction & consolation 65 On the manifestation of

the

58 damned

104

hea-

62 ven

107