THE

WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD,

THOMAS WILSON, D. D.,

LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.

VOL. III.

SERMONS LI. TO XCIX.

A NEW EDITION.

OXFORD:

JOHN HENRY PARKER.

MDCCC XLVII.

CONTENTS.

SERMON LI.

(Page 1.)

The duty of magistrates.

Deut. i. 17.

Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment

is God's.

SERMON LII.

(Page 9.)

The temptations that lead to theft and robbery considered, with the means

of preventing these crimes.

Exodus xx. 15.

Thou shalt not steal.

SERMON LIII.

(Page 16.)

Of fraud.

Gen. xliii. 12.

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was

brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in

your hand; peradventure it was an oversight.

SERMON LIV.

(Page 26.)

The nature of sin, and the punishment that certainly follows it.

Numb. xxxii. 23.

Behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin

will find you out.

SERMON LV.

(Page 37.)

Fornication forbidden both in the law and in the Gospel.

Ephes. v. 3—5.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not

be once named amongst you, as becometh saints: [that is,

Christians:] neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jest-

ing, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person,

nor covetous man who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in

the kingdom of Christ, and of God.

SERMON LVI.

(Page 48.)

The causes and the remedies of men's neglecting the care of their salvation.

Luke xiii. 8, 9.

Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and

dung it and if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after

that thou shalt cut it down.

SERMON LVII.

(Page 59.)

The true Christian method of educating the children both of the rich and

the poor.

Acts xiii. 48.

As many as were ordained to [that is, disposed or prepared

for] eternal life believed.

SERMON LVIII.

(Page 77.)

On the due observance of the Sabbath.

Exodus xx. 11.

The Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

SERMON LIX.

(Page 87.)

The sin and danger of shutting our eyes against the light of the Gospel.

John iii. 19-21.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,

and men loved darkness rather than light, because their

deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the

light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be re-

proved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that

his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in

God.

SERMON LX.

(Page 98.)

The great indignation of God against sinners.

Deut. xxix. 18-20.

Lest there should be among you man or woman, or family or

tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our

God, to go and serve the gods of these nations: lest there

should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse,

that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,

though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add

drunkenness to thirst. The Lord will not spare him, but

then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke

against that man, and all the curses that are written in this

Book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his

name from under heaven.