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CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOL. OF SERMONS.
Life of the AUTHOR, and Account of his Writings,
by the Rev. Isaac Milner, D.D. F.R.S. Dean of Car-
lisle, and President of Queen's College, Cambridge:
With Observations on Conformity, by the Rev.
William Richardson pp. i to cxiv
Isa. lxiv. 6, 7. But we are all as an unclean thing, and
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do
fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have
taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy
name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for
thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us,
because of our iniquities. p. 15
SERMON III.
JESUS CHRIST, AN UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.
2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable
SERMON IV.
THE NATURE OF FAITH.
Heb. xi. 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen.
SERMON V.
THE CASE OF PHARAOH, A WARNING
TO STUBBORN SINNERS.
P. 47
Exod. x. 3. Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,
How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me?
SERMON VI.
LOWLINESS RECOMMENDED, FROM THE
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.
p. 63
Philip. ii. 3, 4, 5. Let nothing be done through strife, or
vain glory: but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
other better than themselves. Look not every man on
his own things, but every man also on the things of
others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus.
p. 76
SERMON VII.
JACOB BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH.
Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. And he blessed Joseph, and said,
God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did
walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this
day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless
the lads.
p. 90
SERMON VIII.
THE DUTY AND USES OF RELIGIOUS FASTING.
Joel ii. 12. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and
with weeping, and with mourning.
p. 104
SERMON IX.
THE COMMUNION OFFICE OF THE CHURCH
OF ENGLAND, CONSIDERED.
1 Cor. x. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which we bless, is
it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The
bread which we break, is it not the communion of the
body of Christ? For we, being many, are one bread,
and one body: for we are all partakers of that one
bread.
p. 117
SERMON X.
THE CHARACTER AND PRAYER OF SAMSON.
Judges xv. 18. And he was sore athirst, and called on
the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great
deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now
shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the
uncircumcised?
p. 133
SERMON XI. !
THE NATURE AND CURE OF SLOTHFULNESS.'
Prov. xv. 19. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge
of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
p. 151
SERMON XII.
THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF JOSIAH.
2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart was tender, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou
heardest what I spake against this place and against
the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a de-
solation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and
wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the
SERMON XIII.
LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, AN EVIDENCE
OF A STATE OF SALVATION.
1 John iii. 14. We know that we have passed from death
unto life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth
not his brother, abideth in death.
SERMON XIV.
THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE.
p. 178
Matt. x. 29, 30. Are not two sparrows sold for a far-
thing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father.
Father.
are all numbered.
But the
But the very hairs of your head
p. 192
SERMON XV.
FAMILY INSTRUCTION, RECOMMENDED FROM
THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM.
Gen. xviii. 19. For I know him, that he will command
his children and his household after him, and they shall
keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment;
that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he
hath spoken of him.
p. 209
SERMON XVI.
THE LIFE OF FAITH.
Habak. ii. 3, 4. For the vision is yet for an appointed
time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though
it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will
not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
p. 225