THE

LIFE

AND

A SELECTION FROM THE LETTERS

OF THE LATE

REV. HENRY VENN, M.A.

SUCCESSIVELY VICAR OF HUDDERSFIELD, YORKSHIRE, AND

RECTOR OF YELLING, HUNTINGDONSHIRE,

AUTHOR OF "THE COMPLETE DUTY OF MAN," &c.

THE MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE

DRAWN UP

BY THE LATE REV. JOHN VENN, M.A.

RECTOR OF CLAPHAM, SURREY.

EDITED BY THE REV. HENRY VENN, B.D.

PERPETUAL CURATE OF ST. JOHN'S, HOLLOWAY;
LATE FELLOW OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN HATCHARD AND SON,

187, PICCADILLY.

1836.

8-37346

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THE SECOND EDITION.

THE sale of the First Edition, within a few months after its appearance, has sufficiently justified the Editor in submitting this volume to the public.

The corrections and additions introduced into this Edition are very few and unimportant. There are, however, two points which seem to require explanation.

A regret has been expressed, in many quarters, that a second volume of the Correspondence has not been added, out of the stores which are still in the Editor's hands. But it must be remembered, that the range of topics in Mr. VENN's Letters is not extensive, and that the events of his life were, comparatively, few: so that a second volume would consist, for the most part, of the repetition of sentiments, arising from circumstances and occasions similar to those already recorded.

It has been suggested, also, that the Memoir should have been intermingled with the Letters, instead of standing by itself, in the First Part of the Work. The Editor, however, adheres to his original plan, from a wish to keep the matter, which was prepared by the Rev. JOHN VENN, unbroken, and distinct from the rest;-not only

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because it was originally intended to stand in such a form, but, also, because its value, as a sketch of the progress of Mr. VENN's mind in religious knowledge, would be impaired by a different arrangement.

The Editor, in again committing this volume to the Public, begs to express his gratitude to the Giver of all good, for the blessing which has already crowned his labours, and to renew his earnest prayers for the continuance of the same Divine grace.

HOLLOWAY,

7th Feb. 1835.