CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND

SERMON I.

A JUST SENSE OF THE CHARACTER AND PRESENCE

OF GOD LEADETH TO REPENTANCE.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth

thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.—

JOB xlii. 5, 6.

SERMON II.

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THE YOUNG EXHORTED TO SOBRIETY OF MIND.

Young men, likewise, exhort to be sober minded.-TITUS ii. 16.

SERMON III

THE DANGER OF LOSING CONVICTIONS OF CONSCIENCE.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry

places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will re-

turn to my home, from whence I came out; and when he is come,

he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished; Then goeth he, and

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taketh with himself seven other spirits, more wicked than himself,

and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man

is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked

generation. MATTHEW Xii. 43–45.

SERMON IV.

THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN OUR OWN HEARTS.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.-PROVERBS XXviii. 26.

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SERMON V.

THE PRODIGAL SON.

And he said, a certain rich man had two sons; and the younger of

them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that

falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not

many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and took

his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with

riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty

famine in that land, and he began to be in want. And he went

and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him

into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly

with the husks that the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

And when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of

my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and I perish with

hunger!-LUKE XV. 11-17.

SERMON VI.

THE PRODIGAL SON.

1 will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have

sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to

be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants. And he

arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way

off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on

his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I

have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more

worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants,

Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his

hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring hither the fatted calf, and

kill it; and let us eat, and be merry; for this my son was dead,

and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.-LUKE XV. 18-24.

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SERMON VII.

THOSE, WHO BELIEVE NOT THE SCRIPTURES, WOULD NOT

BE PERSUADED, THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, nei-

ther will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.-

LUKE xvi. 31.

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SERMON VIII.

ON SLOTH.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void

of understanding: And lo! it was all grown over with thorns;

and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall there-

of was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well. I look-

ed upon it, and received instruction.-PROVERBS xxiv. 30-32.

SERMON IX.

THE DANGER OF FREQUENTING EVIL COMPANY.

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But a companion of fools shall be destroyed.-PROVERBS Xiii. 20.

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SERMON X.

THE DANGER OF FREQUENTING EVIL COMPANY.

But a companion of fools shall be destroyed.-PROVERBS xiii. 20.

SERMON XI.

THE DUTY OF REMEMBERING THE CREATOR IN YOUTH.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth; while the evil

days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I

have no pleasure in them.-ECCLESIASTES xii. 1.

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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth; while the evil

days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I

have no pleasure in them. ECCLESIASTES xii. 1.

SERMON XIII.

THE YOUTH OF NAIN.

And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain;

and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now

when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead

man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow,

and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord

saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

And he came and touched the bier, and they that bear him stood

still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, arise. And he

that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him

to his mother.-LUKE vii. 11-15.

SERMON XIV.

CONSIDERATIONS IN ADVERSITY.

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In the day of adversity consider. ECCLESIASTES vii. 14.

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SERMON XV.

CONSIDERATIONS IN ADVERSITY.

In the day of adversity consider.-ECCLESIASTES vii. 14.

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SERMON XVI.

SERMON ON THE OLD YEAR,

We spend our years, as a tale that is told.-PSALM XC. 9,

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