The whole proceeds of this Edition will be applied to the Spread of the Gospel, and the Support of the Poor. Orders received by MR KING, 17 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. JOHN BARCLAY, A. M. TO WHICH ARE ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF MR BARCLAY'S LIFE; AND Notes on the Paraphrases, BY A COMMITTEE FROM THE BEREAN CONGREGATION EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR THE COMMITTEE BY JAMES GALL, in Edinburgh, by Mr D. KING, 17 Waterloo Place; at Glasgow, by Mr JOHN ADVERTISEMENT. A NEW Edition of the following Dissertation upon the Book of Psalms, with Illustrations upon each, by Mr BARCLAY, having long been desired by his Friends, a Committee from the Berean Congregation in Edinburgh, was appointed to carry the measure into effect. In doing this, it was considered expedient to substitute, in place of the Paraphrase to which the Illustrations were formerly prefixed, the common version of the Psalms, as being better adapted to public and family worship. The Committee were therefore instructed to see this done, to add such Explanatory Notes as this alteration might require, -to put the whole to press, and to oversee the printing. These instructions the Committee have endeavoured to carry into effect; and, in addition, they have, from their own personal knowledge of the worthy Author-from the recollection of several of their friends and from other sources-drawn up and prefixed a short but accurate Memoir of Mr Barclay's Life; which they know will be considered a boon of no ordinary value by those who have similar views of divine truth, and who have long cherished with respect the memory of the Author. |