would be doing injustice to these invaluable memorials of his revered friend. What they might have been after being subjected to the Author's revision, he has in some measure been able to ascertain from comparing the original manuscript of a lecture on Heb. xi. 6, He that cometh to God must believe that he is," &c., with the same as published by the Religious Tract Society under the title of "How to find access to God." Many paragraphs (indeed the bulk of them) are nearly identical, and the additional matter, chiefly by way of amplification, amounts to about one-fifth. The present volume has been printed from copies of the Lectures which have been carefully collated with the original manuscripts. The Editor's chief attention has been directed to arranging the sentences in paragraphs, with the appropriate punctuation. It has also been found necessary to supply here and there a word or two (often merely a connective particle) such as must in many instances have been used in the delivery, but omitted for brevity's sake in writing. Many pages, how ever, occur without any additions of this kind; in three of the lectures (the 6th, 7th, and 8th) they average at about five words in a page. It need scarcely be said that nothing in the shape of alteration or correction has been attempted. With respect to the arrangement, the order of time has generally been observed, which is indicated by the dates as far as they could be ascertained. Northampton, April 8th, 1844. J. E. RYLAND. CONTENTS. THE SUPREME ATTACHMENT DUE TO SPIRITUAL OBJECTS. |