remembrance; and that the God of all grace, to whose glory they are faithfully devoted, and to whose blessing they are humbly committed, will honour them as the means of increasing his family, as well as of feeding and quickening those who are already his regenerate children. Amen.

THE

SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE

OF

SALVATION

BY

GRACE THROUGH FAITH:

ILLUSTRATED AND IMPROVED

IN

TWO SERMONS.

CHURCH AND CONGREGATION

OF

PROTESTANT DISSENTERS AT ROWELL.

My dear Brethren and Friends, beloved in our common Lord,

WHEN I first preached these plain sermons to my own congregation, I was much surprised at the request which several of them made, that they might be printed; but I was yet more surprised, when, after having delivered the substance of them in one discourse at Rowell, some time after, you so unanimously and affectionately made that request your own. I apprehend, that though the many excellent treatises we have on this subject already, might excuse my backwardness to comply; yet absolutely to have refused your repeated solicitation, might have appeared disrespectful to my good friends, and perhaps have looked like some unwillingness to bear my testimony to this great and important doctrine, in an age in which the credit of many evangelical truths seem to be fallen very low.

I am really sorry I have delayed this little service so long; but it was chiefly owing to my desire of finishing my Sermons on Regeneration. I send out these discourses as a kind of supplement to them. The delay is more excusable, as salvation by grace is not a subject which grows out of date in a few months. This glorious doctrine has been the joy of the church, in all ages, on earth; and it will be the song of all that have received it in truth, throughout the ages of eternity, and be pursued in the heavenly regions, with ever-growing admiration and delight.