Preface. ———————————— This volume contains the exegetical and homiletical writings of St. Augustin on the Gospels. The seventh volume will be devoted to his Commentary on the Gospel and First Epistle of John, and the Soliloquies. It will be finished by the 1st of next April. The eighth and last volume is reserved for his Commentary on the Psalms, and will appear in July, 1888. These eight volumes will form the most complete edition of St. Augustin’s Works in the English language, embracing the Edinburgh and Oxford translations, and several treatises never before translated, with introductions and explanatory notes. Arrangements have been made for the regular issue of the Works of St. Chrysostom according to the terms of the Publisher’s Prospectus, which so far has been promptly carried out. The favourable reception of the preceding volumes by the public and the press, including some leading theological journals of Europe (such as The Church Quarterly Review , and Harnack’s Theologische Literaturzeitung ), will encourage the editor and publisher to carry on this Patristic Library with undiminished energy and zeal. Philip Schaff . New York , December, 1887.