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.II.-THIRTY-THREE SERMONS.
MISCEL-VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING.

FRIENDLY ADVICE TO SERVANTS.

LONDON:

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

AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

SERMONS TAKEN IN SHORT HAND FROM MR. CECIL'S

PREACHING,

a

15, 16

Sermon

Page

1. JACOB PUTTING AWAY STRANGE GODS:--- On Gen,

XXXV. l---5

1

2. THE DYING SAINT'S CONSOLATION :---On 2 Sam.

xxiii. 5....

15

3. THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE:--On 1 Kings xvii.

28

4. THE PENITENCE OF KING JOSIAH:-On 2 Kings

xxii. 19

41

5. EZRA AN EXAMPLE IN Business:---On Ezra viii.
21, 22, 23

54

6. THE END OF THE UPRIGHT MAN: a Funeral Ser-

mon for the Rev. Nath. Gilbert :---On Ps. xxxvii. 37 69

7. HOPE: A SUPPORT IN TROUBLE:--On Ps. xliii. 5 79

8. THANKSGIVING ON THE VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR:

-On Ps. cxviii. 27

93

9. THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION :---On Ps. cxix. 71 108

10. To CHILDREN AND PARENTS :---On Prov. iv. 1.. 120

11. ADVANTAGES OF THE HOUSE OF MOURNING:--On

Eccl. vii, 2

136

12. The VANITY OF HUMAN IMAGINATIONS:--On

Jer. xxiii. 28,

148

13. The FIERY FURNACE:---On Dan. iii. 24, 25

14. SIGNS OF TRUE WISDOM :---On Matt. ü. 1, 2...... 175

15. SIGNS OF THE TIMES :---On Matt. xvi. 1, 2, 3 186

16. Duty Of WATCHFULNESS :--On Mark xiii. 35, 36,

37

29.

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... 198