The Christian life part III. Wherein the great duties of justice, mercy, and mortification are fully explained and inforced. Vol. IV. By John Scott D.D. late rector of St. Giles's in the Fields.

To the Right Honourable Sir GEORGE TREBY LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE Common PLEAS.

MY LORD,

THose excellent Trea∣tises of Christian Life, which were publish∣ed some years since by the learned Author, have, I doubt not, in a great measure an∣swered his Design, in writ∣ing them, which was to do as much good as he could to the World; and had he

lived to finish the other Parts of it, we might have had such a compleat Body of Christian Institutions in our own Language, as would have highly contri∣buted towards a Revival of true Piety among us. For, besides those Pieces which have already seen the Light, 'twas the Author's design to proceed to a particular Ex∣plication of the several re∣spective Duties which Men are obliged to render to God, their Neighbours, and Them∣selves; and for a Conclusion of all, he proposed a distinct Treatise of Ecclesiastical Du∣ties.

The two Discourses of Iustice and Mercy, which I now present to your Lord∣ship, were intended as a Part of that Duty which we owe to one another, and which, with other Enlargements, had the Author liv'd, would have made a Volume of themselves. And the Dis∣course of Mortification is like∣wise a Part of what He de∣signed for the Explication of that Duty which Man owes himself, which was also intended for another distinct Volume. Besides these he proposed a particu∣lar Examination of those

great Duties, which God requires; which together with the other Volumes would have compleated the whole Design. In Justice therefore to the Memory of this incomparable Person, I thought my self obliged to communicate to your Lord∣ship this short Account of him. The Design which he proposed was Great and Noble, and I'm sure those Pieces which he hath al∣ready published, do loudly speak the Excellent Quali∣fications with which God had endowed him to com∣pleat it, had not a laborious

Station, and, what was worse, a very sickly Constitution at last interrupted him from the Prosecution of it.

As for these Remains, they are faithfully transcribed from the Author's Manuscript; and your Lordship may easily discern that they are his true and genuine Off-spring by your Perusal of them. I know your Lordship hath a very high Value and just Esteem for the Memory of that great and good Man, and that is a prevailing Induce∣ment to take into your Pro∣tection those Works which he has left behind him. To

You they address them∣selves, and I doubt not but under that Character which your Lordship bears, they will be sufficiently recom∣mended to the World; and that they may effectually promote the Good of it, is the hearty Prayer of

Your Lordship's most Obedient, Humble Servant, J. G.