PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. SEVERAL of the Sermons now offered to the public were prepared by their Author for publication, and the remainder are considered as so far fitted for the press, as to be entitled to admission in the same series. This volume will shortly be followed by a distinct work, containing sermons preached in India ; and the Editor hopes, at some future period, to print a selection from the parochial sermons preached by her husband at Hodnet. CONTENTS. ON THE EXISTENCE AND INFLUENCE OF EVIL SPIRITS. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against |