CONTENTS.

SERMON I

Seriousness in Religion indispensable above all other

Dispositions.

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1 Peter, iv. 7. Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.. 17

SERMON II.

The Love of God.

1 John, iv. 19. We love him, because he first loved us.

SERMON III.

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Meditating upon Religion.

Psalm lxiii. 7. Have I not remembered thee in my bed; and thought

upon thee when I was waking? ....

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SERMON IV.

Of the State after Death.

1 John, iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth

not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall

appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is... 58

SERMON V.

On Purity of the Heart and Affections.

1 John, iii. 2, 3. Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth

not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall

appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And

every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he

is pure.
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SERMON VI.

On Taste for Devotion.

John, iv. 23, 24. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true

worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for

the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit; and they

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that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.. 77

SERMON VII.

Of the Doctrine of Conversion.

Matthew, ix. 13. I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners

to repentance.
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SERMON VIII.

Prayer in Imitation of Christ.

Luke, v. 16. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness and

prayed..

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SERMON IX.

On Filial Piety.

Genesis, xlvii. 12. And Joseph nourished his father and his breth-

ren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their

families

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SERMON X.

To think less of our Virtues and more of our Sins.

(PART I.)

Psalm li. 3. My sin is ever before me.

SERMON XI.

(PART II.)

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SERMON XII.

Salvation for Penitent Sinners.

Luke, vii. 47. Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many,

are forgiven; for she loved much.

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SERMON XIII.

Sins of the Fathers upon the Children.

Exodus, xx. 5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve.

them: For I the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the

iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth

generation of them that hate me.

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SERMON XIV.

How Virtue produces Belief, and Vice Unbelief.

John, vii. 17. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doc-

trine, whether it be of God...

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SERMON XV.

John's Message to Jesus.

Matthew, xi. 2, 3. Now when John had heard in prison the works

of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, art thou

he that should come, or do we look for another?

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SERMON XVI.

On Insensibility to Offences.

Psalm xix. 12, 13. Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse

thou me from my secret faults. Keep thy servant also from pre-

sumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me.

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SERMON XVII.

Seriousness of Disposition necessary.

Luke, viii. 15. But that on the good ground are they, who in an

honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring

forth fruit with patience..

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SERMON XVIII.

The Efficacy of the death of Christ.

(PART I.)

Hebrews, ix. 26. Now once in the end of the world hath he appear-

ed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. . . .

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SERMON XIX.

All stand in need of a Redeemer.

(PART II.)

Hebrews, ix. 26. Now once in the end of the world hath he appear-

ed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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SERMON xx.

The Efficacy of the Death of Christ consistent with the Ne-

cessity of a Good Life; the one being the Cause, the other

the Condition of Salvation.

Romans, vi. 1. What shall we say then? shall we continue in sin,

that grace may abound? God forbid...
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SERMON XXI.

Pure Religion.

James, i. 27. Pure religion, and undefiled before God and the Fa-

• ther is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,

and to keep himself unspotted from the world. . . .

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