esearches, and of any knowledge, which, in
consequence of my position, I possessed, of a minister of the Church of
Scotland, of whom I deem it no small honour to have been a successor.

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When this edition of the works of the Rev. Hugh Binning had nearly passed
through the press, the Editor had unexpectedly put into his hands a
manuscript volume of the sermons of the author. About fifty of these, he
finds, on examination, have never been printed, most of which have been
transcribed by the Rev. Robert Macward, whose handwriting is perfectly
well known. The remaining part of the volume contains the forty sermons on
the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, entitled "The Sinner's
Sanctuary." These are believed to be in the handwriting of Binning
himself. There can be no doubt whatever that this is the manuscript volume
in folio, which is described in the preface to "Several Sermons upon the
most important Subjects of Practical Religion," dated "Brousterland, Sept.
12th, 1760." It is there said to have been for "many years concealed in
the library of John Graham, a pious and learned man, much abstracted from
the world, who was a near relation of Mr. M'Ward's, with a large
collection of Mr. M'Ward's own papers, which are yet among the curious and
large collection of manuscripts, that were left by Mr. Wodrow, the author
of the History of the Sufferings of this Church, to his sons" (Pp. xix,
xx.). The writer of that preface also tells us, that he had in his
possession a "quarto volume" of manuscript sermons, belonging to Binning.
The Editor has not been able to ascertain what has become of this latter
volume; nor can any thing be learned of the "Course of Philosophy," which
the author of Binning's Life, states, he was assured was in the hands of a
gentleman in Edinburgh, at the time he wrote that Life, which was about
the year 1735. (See Life of the Author, p. liv.) The sermons which have
not hitherto been printed, and which are contained in the manuscript
volume now brought to light, may be expected to be given to the world at
no distant period.

THE LIFE OF MR. HUGH BINNING.

There being a great demand for the several books that are printed under
Mr. Binning's name, it was judged proper to undertake a new and correct
impression of them in one volume. This being done, the publishers were
much concerned to have the life of such an useful and eminent minister of
Chris