To cope systematically with all this from the University pulpit, as already remarked, is plainly impossible. The preacher must take up the question at some definite stage, and arrest the false teachers _there_. "That wicked,"--or rather "THE LAWLESS ONE," (ὁ ἄνομος, as he is called in 2 Thess. ii. 8,)--must be bound, hand and foot, _somewhere_ in his career of lawlessness; and in these Sermons _the threshold of the Bible_ has been chosen as the place for the conflict. My life for his life. I will slay or be slain on the very portal of Holy Scripture. With the young, you begin at the beginning,--"the Creed, the LORD'S Prayer, the Ten Commandments;" and they must be further instructed in the Church Catechism. But the foundation cannot be laid afresh with the full-grown. It is idle to talk about the authority of _the Church_ to men who do not believe in the Bible. It is useless to dispute about Creeds with men who know nothing of the origin and history of Christianity. Reserving the _true_ method of teaching for those who alone are capable of being taught, we are constrained to argue with men of full age about _the Inspiration and Interpretation of the Bible_.--If in the ensuing Sermons the principles handled are so very elementary, it is because the available limits were so very narrow,--while the field over which Unbelief has spread itself, is so very broad. III. When a few words have been added concerning the manner in which I have executed my task, this Preface shall be brought to a close.--If the style of the present SERMONS,--considering the auditory, and above all considering the subject,--shall be thought by competent judges not sufficiently dignified in parts, I will bow to their decision without remonstrance. Everybody can divine the defence which would be set up; but perhaps it may not be quite a valid defence. A man feels strongly and warmly; writes fast and freely; is determined to be clearly understood: is weary of the dignified conventionalities under which Scepticism loves to conceal itself when it comes abroad. Perhaps some expressions which may be permitted in delivery, ought to be remodelled when a Sermon is sent to the press.