ON

VARIOUS SUBJECTS,

EVANGELICAL, DEVOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL.

ADAPTED TO THE PROMOTION OF

CHRISTIAN PIETY, FAMILY RELIGION,
AND YOUTHFUL VIRTUE.

BY JOSEPH LATHROP, D. D.

PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN WESTSPRINGFIELD.

PUBLISHED AT WORCESTER :

BY ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN.
SOLD AT HIS RESPECTIVE BOOKSTORES IN BOSTON AND WORCESTER.

ISAAC STURTEVANT, PRINTER.....1810.

SERMON I.

The Fear of God.

A Sermon to Little Children.

Psalm xxxiv. 11.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me, and I will teach you the fear

of the Lord.

SERMON II..

The Duty of Speaking to the Young.

Zechariah ii. 4.

Run fpeak to this young man.

SERMON III.

Youth invited to the Lord's Supper.

A Communion Sermon.

Exodus xii. 26, 27.

And it shall come to pass, when your children fhall fay unto you, What

mean you by this fervice? that ye fhall fay, It is the facrifice of the Lord's

paffover, who paffed over the houses of the children of Ifrael in Egypt,

when he fmote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses,

SERMON IV.

Early Piety the Comfort of Old Age.

A Sermon to Young People.

Psalm lxxi. 5.

For thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my truft from my youth.

SERMON V.

The Infirmities and Comforts of Old Age.

A Sermon to Aged People.

Psalm lxxi. 9.

Caft me not off in the time of old age. ....... Forsake me not when my strength

faileth.

SERMON VI.

Dry Bones Restored.

Ezekiel xxxvii. 3.

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered,

O Lord God, thou knowest.

SERMON VII.

Birds and Beafts Preaching to Men.

Job xii. 7.

Ask the beasts now, and they fhall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and

they shall tell thee :-

SERMON VIII.

Joab laying hold on the Horns of the Altar.

1. Kings ii. 30.

And he said, Nay, but I will die here.

SERMON IX.

Nothing to be refused, when the Lord hath need.

A Communion Sermon.

Mark.xi. 3.

And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? Say ye that the Lord hath
need of him: and firaitway he will fend him hither.

SERMON X.

The Gate of Heaven ftrait, and many shut out of it.

Luke xiii. 24.

Strive to enter in at the ftrait gate; for many, I fay unto you, will seek to en-
ter in, and shall not be able.

SERMON XI.

The Causes, why many who feek, cannot enter

at the strait Gate.

The fame Text.

SERMON XII.

The awful Condition of those who fhall be ex-

cluded from the kingdom of Heaven.

The fame Text.

SERMON XIII.

Pilate's Infcription on the Crofs of Christ.

A Communion Sermon.

John xix. 1922.

And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross; and the writing was, " Je

fus of Nazareth the King of the Jews." This title then read many of the

Jews, for the place where Jefus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it

was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Then faid the chief priests of the

Jews to Pilate, Write not "the King of the Jews;" but that he said, "I am

the King of the Jews." Pilate answered, What I have written I have

written.

SERMON XIV.

The Disciples gazing after their afcending Lord.

A Communion Sermon.

Acts i. 10, 11.

And while they looked fted faftly toward heaven, as he went up; behold, two

men stood by them in white apparel, which also faid, Ye men of Galilee,

why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This fame Jefus, which is taken up

from you into heaven, shall fo come, in like manner as ye have seen him go

into heaven.