THE

WORKS

OF

THE REV. RICHARD CECIL, M. A.

LATE RECTOR OF BISLEY, AND VICAR OF CHOBHAM, SURREY:

AND

MINISTER OF ST. JOHN'S-CHAPEL, BEDFORD-ROW,

LONDON;

WITH

A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE.

ARRANGED AND REVISED,

WITH A VIEW OF THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTER,

BY

JOSIAH PRATT, B.D. F.A.S.

SECOND EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.-SERMONS, MISCELLANIES, and REMAINS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR L. B. SEELEY, FLEET-STREET; AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK,
AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

NEW YORK

J. Seeley, Printer, Buckingham.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

SERMONS

PREPARED FOR THE PRESS BY MR. CECIL.

THE TRUE PATRIOT: a Sermon preached before the St.

Andrew's and St. George's Military Association:-On

1 Sam. xvii. 29

·

THE SWORD OF THE LORD: a Fast Sermon, preached be-

fore the same Association :---On Jer. xlvii. 6, 7

MISSIONARY SERMON, preached before the "Society for

Missions to Africa and the East," at their Third An-

niversary:-On Isaiah xl. 3

FUNERAL SERMON FOR REV. JOHN NEWTON: --On

Luke xii. 42, 43

Discourse on LINGERING in RELIGION:-On Gen. xix.

16

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Discourse on the CHARACTER OF HANNAH:---On 1 Sam.

i. 26, 27

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1

33

61

97

119

MISCELLANIES.

AN ADDRESS TO THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN

ATTENDING THE SCHOOLS AT ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL 169

REGULATION OF THE SCHOOLS AT ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL 179

AN ADDRESS TO THE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE

SCHOOLS AT ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL....

EARLY PIETY RECOMMENDED, in a Discourse addressed

to the Schools at St. John's Chapel:-On Eccles. xii. 1 201

ADDRESS TO THE PARISHIONERS OF CHOBHAM AND

BISLEY

... 187

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223

A WORD ON THE PEACE, WITH A HINT FOR A

LASTING ONE

233