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CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
NO PEACE TO THE WICKED.
THERE is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.-Isaiah lvii. 21.
Page 1.
SERMON II.
THE DOOR SHUT.
AFTERWARDS came also the other Virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,
open to us: But He answered and said, Verily I say unto
you, I know you not.-St. Matthew xxv. 11, 12.
Page 17.
SERMON III.
ANGELS REJOICING AT THE REPENTANCE OF MAN.
AND when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have
found my sheep which was lost.-St. Luke xv. 6. Page 33.
SERMON IV.
THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION.
SET your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.-
Colossians iii. 2.
Page 49.
SERMON V.
THE FAITHFUL AMONG THE FAITHLESS.
AND they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day
when I make up my jewels: and I will spare them as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him.-Malachi iii. 17.
- Page 65.
SERMON VI.
RESPECTABILITY NOT RELIGION.
MINE iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able
to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head:
therefore my heart faileth me.—Psalm xl. 12.
Page 81.
SERMON VII.
ASCETICISM NOT HOLINESS.
BUT as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy,
for I am holy.-1 St. Peter i. 15, 16.
Page 97.
SERMON VIII.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
AND we have known and believed the love that God hath to
us.-1 St. John iv. 16.
Page 115.
SERMON IX.
THE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY.
THIS I say then, Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the
lusts of the flesh.-Galatians v. 16.
Page 131.
SERMON X.
RESTORATION TO HOLINESS.
THE Lord gave the word: great was the company of the
preachers. Kings with their armies did flee, and were
discomfited: and they of the household divided the spoil.
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as
the wings of a dove, that is covered with silver wings, and
her feathers like gold.-Psalm lxviii. 11-13, P. B. V.
Page 145.
SERMON XI.
CHRIST MINDFUL OF HIS FRIENDS.
OUR friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him
out of sleep.-St. John xi. 11.
Page 161.
SERMON XII.
ON THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER.
PRAYING always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplica-
tion for all saints.-Ephesians vi. 18.
Page 175.
SERMON XIII.
TRUTH KNOWN AND SLIGHTED.
WHICH none of the princes of this world knew; for had they
known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.—