838, PRACTICAL DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN TEMPER. BEING THIRTY-EIGHT SERMONS UPON THE PRINCIPAL HEADS OF PRACTICAL RELIGION., Designed for the use of Families. BY JOHN EVANS, D. D. TO WHICH IS NOW PREFIXED, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY JOHN ERSKINE, D. D. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. London: PRINTED FOR RICHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW. In the Preface to Dr. WATTS's sermons in Octavo, the reader will find the following character of this work. ----"Since I first published these discourses, “ the world has been furnished with a more compleat “ account of most of these subjects, in that excellent “ treatise called the CHRISTIAN TEMPER, which my “ worthy friend Dr. EVANS hath sent abroad, and “ which is, perhaps, the most compleat summary of « those duties which make up the Christian life, that " hath been published in our age. : Dr. John Evans's CHRISTIAN TEMPER contains a course of excellent Sermons on that subject.-“ His Style is grave, plain, manly, and nervous – His Heads always distinct and well arranged ; the Scriptures well and properly collected.” Vide Dr. Williams'; Preacher, Eph. iv. 23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. ... 15 THE SAME MIND WHICH WAS IN CHRIST. Phil. j. 5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 : A SPIRITUAL IN OPPOSITION TO A CARNAL Rom. viii. 6. For to be carnally minded, is death ; but to be spiritually minded, is life and peace. ... ... 56 |