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Antique Book SERMONS by Dr. Hugh Blair, 1794 (Church of Scotland) - 18th c. Leather Book entitled SERMONS By Hugh Blair, D. D. F. R. S. ED, One of the Ministers Of The High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric And Belles Lettres in The University of Edinburgh, v.4. Published: London: Printed For A. Strahan; and T. Cadell In The Strand; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, MDCCXCIV. [1794]. v.4 (viii, 445, [1]p.) ; 8⁰. Contains 20 sermons delivered by Dr. Hugh Blair, minister of the Church of Scotland. E.g. SERMON I. On the Causes of Men's being weary of Life. Job x. 1. My soul is weary of my life Page 1. SERMON II. On Charity as the End of the Commandment. 1 Timothy i. 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. 22 SERMON III. On our Lives being in the Hand of God.  Preached at the beginning of a New Year. PsalM. xxxi. 15. My times are in thy hand. 43. Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Blair was best known for Sermons, a five volume endorsement of practical Christian morality, and Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, a prescriptive guide on composition.