THE

WORK S

OF THE

RIGHT REVEREND

GEORGE HORNE, D.D.

LATE

LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE, STUDIES,

AND

WRITINGS,

BY WILLIAM JONES, M. A. F.R.S.

ONE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S CHAPLAINS,

AND LONG HIS MOST INTIMATE AND CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

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1818.

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1874, May 30. Minot Fund.

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CONTENTS.

DISCOURSE I.

The Duty of Self-denial.

Matt. xvi. 24.

Then saith Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me,

let him deny himself.

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DISCOURSE II.

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The Duty of taking up the Cross.

Luke, ix. 23.

If any man will come after me, let him—take up his cross daily,

and follow me ......

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DISCOURSE III.

The Necessity of rising with Christ.

Coloss. iii. 1, 2.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affec-

tions on things above, not on things on the earth

A Sermon for Easter Day.

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Preached in Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford, March 1,

Preached before the Lord Mayor, &c. at St. Bride's, on Easter
Tuesday, April 22, 1783.

DISCOURSE VII.

Charity to the Brethren of Christ.

Matt. xxv. 40.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily, I say unto

DISCOURSE VIII.

The Paralytic healed.

Matt. ix. 2.

And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on

a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the

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DISCOURSE IX.

On the twenty-ninth of May.

Psalm lxxxvii. 2.

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

May 29, 1760.

DISCOURSE X.

The Woman taken in Adultery.

John, viii. 7.

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at

And when the days of her purification according to the law of

Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to

present him to the Lord

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