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THE WORKS

OF

THOMAS JACKSON, D.D.

SOMETIME

PRESIDENT OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD,

AND DEAN OF PETERBOROUGH.

A NEW EDITION, IN TWELVE VOLUMES,

WITH A COPIOUS INDEX.

VOLUME XI.

OXFORD:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

MDCCCXLIV.

gen.

COMMENTARIES UPON THE CREED.

BOOK XI. CONTINUED.

SECTION VI.

A Transition of the Publisher's. [edit. 1657.] WE have by God's good blessing dispatched the main of this book, the five first sections; so many commentaries or expositions of such points or articles of Christian faith as are most proper (by way of dread and terror) to awake the conscience and stir the affections; to persuade men to reflect seriously upon all their actions or omissions, failings or achievements; and to prepare themselves for that account which must shortly be rendered to God the Judge of all, who will respect no persons, nor endure pretences. If these have their kindly perfect work, they will produce, judging ourselves, to prevent the judgment of the Lord, repentance, and restitution of all things; circumspect walking for the future, and passing the remnant of our pilgrimage here in fear.

To enrich the volume, and to benefit the reader, I have thought good to annex this sixth section, which is a collection of such sermons of this author's, as I conceive likely to prove most effectual to the ends above mentioned; and be most proper, not only for this place in the body of his works, but for these times also; which may perhaps be startled, to see their present sins so flagrantly reproved many years ago by one who knew not any of their persons that commit them.

Our great author had in his eighth book and third chapter sadly complained of some, that made this great rule of charity, JACKSON, VOL. XI.

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