SERMONS

On Various Subjects.

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SERMON I.-Deuteronomy xxxii. 47. It is not a vain

thing for you; because it is your life

SERMON II.-Deuteronomy vi. 6-9. These words, which

I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart; and thou

shalt teach them diligently to thy children; and thou shalt

talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou

walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when

thou risest up: and thou shalt bind them as a sign upon

thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes;

and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and

on thy gates

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SERMON III.—Isaiah, vi. 5—8. Then said I, woe is me!

for I am undone: because I am a man of unclean lips, and I

dwell among a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have

seen the King, the Lord of Hosts. Then flew one of the

seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he

had taken with the tongs from off the altar; and he laid it

upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips,

and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send,

and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send

me

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SERMON IV.—1 John, iv. 8. GOD IS LOVE

SERMON V.-Acts xxvi. 19, 20. Whereupon, O king

Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: but

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shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and

throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles,

that they should repent, and turn to God, and do works

meet for repentance

SERMON VI. 2 Corinthians, v. 17. If any man be in

Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away,

behold, all things are become new

SERMON VII.-Psalm ii. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be

angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kin-

dled but a little: blessed are all they that put their trust

him

SERMON VIII.-1 Corinthians, iv. 5. Therefore judge

nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will

bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every

man have praise of God

SERMON IX.-Romans, ii. 6-9. Who will render to every

man according to his deeds: to them who, by patient con-

tinuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and im-

mortality; eternal life: but unto them that are contentious,

and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness; indig-

nation and wrath; tribulation and anguish, upon every soul

of man that doeth evil

SERMON X.-1 Timothy, vi. 6. Godliness with content-

ment is great gain

SERMON XI.-Revelation, iii. 15, 16. I know thy works

that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold

or hot; so then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold

nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth

SERMON XII.-Matthew, v. 16. Let your light so shine

before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify

your Father which is in heaven

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SERMON XIII.-James, i. 22-25. But be ye doers of the

word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For

if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like

unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he be-

holdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway for-

getteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into

the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being

not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man

shall be blessed in his deed

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SERMON XIV.-1 Corinthians, xiii. 13. And now abideth

Faith, Hope, Charity, these three; but the greatest of

these is Charity

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SERMON XV.-Philippians, i. 27.

sation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ

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man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. -Who teacheth like him?

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