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THE
CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
On Hopes and Disappointments.
PROVERBS, X. 28. The hope of the Right-
eous shall be gladness; but the expectation
of the Wicked fhall perish.
SERMON
Page I
II.
On the Proper Disposition of the Heart
towards God.
ACTS, xvii. 28. In Him we live, and move,
and have our being.
24
SERMON III.
On the Moral Character of Christ.
ACTS, x. 38. Jesus of Nazareth-who
went about doing good.
45
On all Things working together for Good
to the Righteous.
ROMANS, viii. 28. We know that all Things
work together for Good to them that love
God, to them who are the Called according
to his Purpose.
SERMON VI.
On the Love of our Country.
87
[Preached 18th April 1793, on the day of a National Fast
appointed by Government, on occafion of the War with
the French Republic.]
PSALM CXXII. 6, 7, 8, 9.
Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love
Peace be within thy walls, and pros-
thee.
perity within thy palaces. For my brethren
and
and companions' sake, I will now fay,
Peace be within thee. Because of the
house of the Lord our God, I will seek
thy peace.
VII.
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On a Contented Mind.
"Be-
2 KINGS, iv. 13. Say now unto her,
"bold thou hast been careful for us with
"all this care; what is to be done for
"thee? Wouldst thou be spoken for to the
king, or to the captain of the host?"
And she answered, "I dwell among mine
own people."
SERMON VIII.
On drawing near to God.
140
[Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper.]
PSALM 1xxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw
near to God.
160
SERMON IX.
On Wisdom in Religious Conduct.
PSALM ci. 2. I will behave myself wisely in
a perfect way.
VOL. V.
a
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On the Immortality of the Soul, and a
future State.
2 CORINTHIANS, V. 1. For we know, that
if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an
house not made with hands, eternal in the
beavens. Page 203
SERMON XI.
On overcoming Evil with Good.
ROMANS, xii. 21. Be not overcome of evil;
but overcome evil with good.
SERMON - XII.
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On a Life of Dissipation and Pleasure.
PROVERBS, XIV. 13. xiv.
Even in laughter the
heart is sorrowful; and the end of that
mirth is heaviness.
SERMON XIII.
On the Conscience void of Offence.
247.
ACTS, xxiv. 16. Herein do I exercise myself,
to have always a conscience void of offence
toward God and toward men.
269
On the Ascension of Christ,
[Preached in the evening after the celebration of the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.]
LUKE, Xxiv. 50, 51.
And he led them out
and he lift up his
as far as to Bethany:
hands and blessed them; And it came to pass
while he blessed them, he was parted from them
and carried up into Heaven.
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XV.
On a peaceable Disposition.
ROMANS, xii. 18. If it be possible, as much
as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.
SERMON XVI.
313-
On Religious Joy, as giving Strength and
Support to Virtue.
On the Folly of the Wisdom of the World.
I CORINTH. iii. 19. The Wisdom of this
world is foolishness with God.
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