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PLAIN SERMONS addressed to a Country Congregation. By the late Rev. EDWARD
BLENCOWE, Curate of Teversal, and formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
3 vols. foolscap 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d. each. Sold separately.
"The numerous possessors of Mr. Blencowe's former plain but excellent
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to the two series which have preceded it."--_Guardian._
"Their style is simple; the sentences are not artfully constructed; and
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plain Saxon language, from which 'the men on the wall' can easily
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easy for the wayfaring man to follow. It is quite evident that the
author's mind was able and cultivated, yet, as a teacher to men of low
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about the peculiar sins and temptations of the people committed to his
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SERMONS ON THE DOCTRINES AND THE MEANS OF GRACE, and on the SEVEN WORDS
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English Church. They are well calculated also for family
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attention. The subject precludes novelty in their essence, nor does
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