Download or read book Fifty Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Stillingfleet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-07 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions The aforefaid Preface he' fa'ys this farther of ir, I dare eballenge any Man to prodnwone 'pa age in tbe wbole Boob tbat tender/:7 to encourage Fafiion or Sebifm, or Oppo/ition to tbe C bomb 'of England, but on tbe contrary, -i en'oleavokred to recommend tbe Epifeopal Government, a: beeping tbe advantage of all otberr, and taming nearefl to Apo olfeal Pratit'iee. But befides this, it m'uli be. Acknowledged by all, that it con. Tains a Mafs of, Learning abundantly beyond what Could have been expeded athis Years, and which few, if -any of his Contemporaries, could pretend to equal; early did he {hew himfelf to the Admirati. On of thole who herein beheld the Effel'ls both of his Natural Abilities, and - his'indefatigable Indul'try. This very learped, howfoever mifunderl'tood Treatife, he began, as I faid, during his (lay at Nottingbam but fcarce was he allow d to [i nifh it there, for not above two Years hadhe been in that Ration, but he was called back by his worthy Patron, Sir Roger Bargain, who in the Year 1657, upon the Deceafe of the Reverend and Learned Mr. Linford Redtot of Sntton, 'made him a tender of that Rea'ory, 'which7he'rhankfully accepted. And one of the Seats of Sir Rogai's Family being here, might make him the more follicitous to place a Se. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."