CONTENTS OF VOL. VI. A BRIEF MEMOIR OF THE REV. ROBERT HALL, A. M. Page C.-Character of Mr. Hall as a Preacher. By Mr. 126 E.-Sketches of Mr. Hall's Character, especially in OBSERVATIONS ON MR. HALL'S CHARACTER AS A PREACHER. NOTE.-Serampore Missionaries.-Letter of Mr. Foster to Dr. Gregory . SERMONS. I. The Spirituality of the Divine Nature. II. The Glory of God in Concealing III. On the Duty, Happiness, and Honour, of maintaining the Course prescribed to us by Provi 143 187 1 32 78 IV. Christ's Pre-existence, Condescension, and Exal Page 95 VI. God's Ways, though often Inscrutable, are VII. On the Discouragements of Pious Men 142 160 VIII. The Vanity of Man apart from his Immortality 177 192 IX. Death, the last Enemy, shall be destroyed XI. The Signs of the Times XII. The Love of Life. 215 247 268 280 XIII. The Lamb of God-his Character-his Sacrifice and his Claim to Universal Attention XIV. The Advantages of Civil Government, contrasted with the Blessings of the Spiritual Kingdom of Jesus Christ XV. The Enlargement of Christian Benevolence XVI. Marks of Love to God XVII. The Joy of Angels over a Repenting Sinner. 356 Christ's Mission for the Adoption of Sons in the 414 XXI. Points of Agreement in the state of the Rich and the Poor. 446 P R E F A C Е. On the death of an individual so admired and revered as Mr. HALL, nothing was more natural than that a desire to possess a complete collection of his Works should be extensively felt, and almost as extensively expressed; the admirable genius and excellent spirit which pervade his compositions, as well as the singularly beautiful language in which his sentiments are generally conveyed, giving to them a very unusual fitness to instruct and impress the minds of men. After a few conversations of a select number of Mr. Hall's intimate friends, it was resolved that a complete edition should be prepared as soon as possible; partly as a proper mark of respect for so distinguished a writer; partly, as conducive to the comfort of his family; and, partly, with a view to meet the desire so strongly felt and declared, as well as to give the utmost possible universality and permanency to the benefits which were likely to accrue from a correct and uniform edition. The intimate friendship which had very long subsisted between Mr. Hall and myself, and the unreserved frankness with which it was well known he often spoke to me of some of his productions, and the plans which he had formed as to the orderly republication of the chief of them, led his family and many of his friends to express a most earnest wish, that I would undertake the superintendence of the proposed Work. And, although an almost entire want of leisure from heavy official and other engagements, strongly induced me to decline the undertaking; yet the matter was so urgently pressed upon me, and every argument employed received so powerful an accession from my sincere veneration and affection for Mr. Hall, and my cordial esteem and regard for his excellent widow, that I could not withhold my assent. My reluctance was greatly diminished on finding, that, in the preparation and arrangement of the volumes, I could, in every case where such aid seemed expedient, avail myself of the valuable judgement of Mr. Foster, and of another friend, the Rev. W. Anderson. This I have done throughout, with only two important exceptions: the one, that of a Letter on the Serampore Mission, in Vol. IV.; the other, that of the very imperfect biographical memoir which appears in the present volume, and which, from want of time, could not be subjected to their judgement. With regard to such of Mr. Hall's writings as had been previously published, either under his |