PREFACE.

IT is with no small care and pains the Editor has collected the following Sentences; being desirous such a valuable treasure should not be lost with time, and buried in perpetual oblivion.-Many of them sprung from hearts that had experienced the power of divine grace, and had tasted how gracious the Lord is; or, in scripture phrase, that were "born again," and were warm with devotion; that had the good of souls at heart, and were earnest in the cause of God and Christ :-Many, perhaps, came from the dying beds of true Christians, that might be just launching into eternity, to reap the fruit of their labours, whose hearts overflowed with the love of God, and were just taking leave of all below.

Oh! what comfortable words often flow from the hearts of such persons: they speak experimentally, and, as it were, give us a foretaste of what they are going to experience.

Oh how happy, how comfortable, is the death of such persons, when heaven begins below!

Happy are the souls that turn many to righteousness, for they shall shine as the stars for ever

and ever!" and I doubt not but many of the authors of these Sentences are now with God.

For your edification and improvement, I have ranged them under their several heads, being desirous of making them as useful as possible; and if you will but read them with care and attention, I hope, with the divine blessing, they will have their desired effect; that is, make you holy in life, and happy in death; which is the sincere desire of

Your Friend,

J. C.