THE

WORK S

OF THE

REV. JOHN WITHERSPOON, D. D. L. L. D.

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AT PRINCETON,

NEW-JERSEY.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

An Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon occafioned
by his Death,

BY THE REV. DR. JOHN RODGERS,

OF NEW-YORK.

IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.

PHILADELPHIA :

Printed and Published by WILLIAM W. WOODWARD,
No. 52, South Second Street.

1802.

[Copy Right Secured.]

CONTENTS.

SERMON XVII.

THE object of a Chriftian's defire in Religious

Worship.

Exodus xxxiii. 18. And he faid, I befeech thee, fhew

methy Glory.

SERMON XVIII.

The Glory of Chrift in his Humiliation,

Ifaiah Ixiii. 1. fecond claufe.This that is glorious

in his apparel, travelling in the greatnefs of his

ftrength?

SERMON XIX.

The Deceitfulness of Sin.

Hebrews iii. 13. But exhort one another daily, while

it is called to day; left any of you be hardened

through the deceitfulnefs of Sin.

SERMON XX.

The Believer going to God as his Exceeding Joy.

Pfalm xliii. 4. Then will I go unto the altar of God,

unto God my exceeding joy.

SERMON XXI.

The Chriftian's difpofition under a fenfe of mer-
cies received.

Pfalm cxvi. 7. Return unto thy reft, O my foul, for

the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

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SERMON XXII.

A view of the Glory of God humbling to the Soul,

Job xlii. 5, 6. I have heard of thee by the hearing of

the ear; but now mine eye feeth thee. Wherefore

I abhor myself, and repent in duft and ashes.

SERMON XXIII.

Man in his Natural State.

Rev. iii. 17. Because thou fayeft I am rich, and in-

creafed with goods, and have need of nothing; and

knoweft not that thou art wretched and miferable,

and poor, and blind, and naked.

SERMON XXIV.

An Inducement to come to Chrift.

Rev. iii. 17. Because thou fayeft I am rich, and in-

creafed with goods, and have need of nothing; and

knoweft not that thou art wretched, and miferable,

and poor, and blind, and naked,

SERMON XXV.

Truft in God.

Ifaiah 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the Lord,

that obeyeth the voice of his fervant, that walketh in

darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name

of the Lord, and ftay upon his God.

SERMON XXVI.

Truft in God.

Ifaiah 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth the Lord,

that obeyeth the voice of his fervant, that walketh in

darkness, and hath no light? let him truft in the name

of the Lord, and flay upon his God.

SERMON XXVII.

On the Purity of the Heart.

Proverbs xxx. 7, 8, 9. Two things have I required of

thee, deny me them not before I die : remove far

from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor

riches; feed me with food convenient for me, left I

be full and deny thee, and fay, who is the Lord? Or,

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