PREACHED AT

THE TEMPLE CHURCH,

AND ON

SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

DISCOURSES

ON THE

USE AND INTENT OF PROPHECY:

TOGETHER WITH

DISSERTATIONS;

A CHARGE TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF

LONDON;

A LETTER ON THE EARTHQUAKES IN MDCCL;

AND

THE TRIAL OF THE WITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTION

OF JESUS.

BY

THOMAS SHERLOCK, D. D.

LATE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, AND MASTER OF THE TEMPLE.

A NEW EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

OXFORD,

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

MDCCCXII.

Clar. Press

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CONTENTS

OF

THIS EDITION.

VOL. I.

Difcourfes preached at the Temple Church,

I-XXV.

VOL. II.

Difcourfes preached at the Temple Church,

XXVI-LII. ·

VOL. III.

Difcourfes preached at the Temple Church,

LIII-LXIII.

Occafional Difcourfes, I-XIV.

VOL. IV.

Six Difcourfes on the Ufe and Intent of Pro-
phecy in the feveral Ages of the World.

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Four Differtations:

I. The Authority of the Second Epiftle of

St. Peter.

II. The Senfe of the Ancients before Chrift
upon the Circumftances and Confe-
quences of the Fall.
With an Appen-

dix.

III. The Blessing of Judah, Gen. xlix.
IV. Chrift's Entry into Jerufalem.

A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Lon-

don.

A Letter to the Clergy and People of London
and Westminster on Occafion of the
Earthquakes in 1750.

The Trial of the Witnesses of the Refurrection

of Jefus.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

DISCOURSE XXVI.

PSALM XCIV. 19.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts

delight my foul.

The old tranflation renders it thus:

In the multitude of the forrows that I had in my heart, thy

comforts have refreshed my foul.

DISCOURSE XXVII.

In two Parts.

PSALM lxxxviii. 15.

While I fuffer thy terrors, I am diftracted.

DISCOURSE XXVIII.

PSALM XIX. 14.

Page 1.

p. 17,

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my

heart, be acceptable in thy fight, O Lord, my ftrength

and my redeemer.

P. 47.