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.

THE THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. BAYNES AND SON,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1820.

ΤΟ

THE YOUNG MINISTERS

WHO HAVE BEEN

UNDER THE CARE OF THE EDITOR,

THIS PUBLICATION

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED AND RECOMMENDED,

BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND

F. WILLIAMS.

CONTENTS.

Disc. I.

II.

On the Gift of Preaching. By Bp. Wilkins....

Page.

vii

Of Preaching Christ. By Mr. John Jennings 28

III. Of Particular and Experimental Preaching.

By the Same...

IV. Of the most useful Way of Preaching. By

1

43

Professor Franck

59

V.

Rules of Conduct. By Dr. Watts..........

73

VI. On the Evil and Danger of neglecting Souls.

By Dr. Doddridge

113.

- VII. On the Composition of a Sermon. By Mr. J.

Appendix. The Preacher's Library. By the Editor ....

142

251