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A Letter to a Preacher on His Entrance Into the Work of the Ministry, Also, a Treatise on the Holy Eucharist
A Letter to a Preacher on His Entrance Into the Work of the Ministry Also a Treatise on the Holy Eucharist Author:Adam Clarke General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: ADVEETISEMENT. This Letter, in miniature, was originally drawn up for the use of a young man in London (Mr. Samuel Woolmer), who, in the year 1797, gave up some flattering worldly prospects for the privilege of proclaiming the gospel of the grace of God, as au itinerant Wesleyan Methodist Preacher . and who has since that tune laboured in his Master's vineyard, with credit and success. Some judicious friends, who saw the plan, urged the author to fill it up, and publish it; as something of that kind was much wanted, and was likely to ue very useful, both to the junior preachers and to the people. Submitting more to their judgment than his own, the work was accordingly sent to press, for the first time, in 1800. It shortlyafter went through a second edition ; and that having been for a considerable time out of print, a third edition has been repeatedly required and now a fourth. In revising his work for another impression, many improvements suggested themselves, which were accordingly adopted ; and several considerable additions have been made of subjects not less important than those previously introduced, which it is hoped will make the work more generally useful. Many may be of opinion that the work might be still farther enlarged, with great advantage to the main subject. Of this the author is sufficiently aware ; but as he intended no more originally than a Letter, and not a laboured dissertation on the Christian ministry, or any subject connected with it; he wishes still to keep within the reasonable bounds of his original plan. "Without the Author's knowledge two foreign editions of this Let...« less