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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME

SERMON I.:

On the Union of Piety and Morality.

Acrs, x. 4. Thy prayers and thine alms

are come up for a memorial before God.

SERMON II.

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On the Influence of Religion upon

Adversity.

PSALM, xxvii. 5. In the time of trouble, he

shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret

of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall

set me up upon a rock.

SERMON III.

On the Influence of Religion upon

Prosperity.

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PSALM, i. 3. He shall be like a tree planted

by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth

his fruit in his season: his leaf also shall

not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall

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through a glass, darkly.

SERMON V.

On the Death of Christ.

[Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the

Lord's Supper.]

JOHN, xvii. 1.

Jesus lift up his eyes to

Heaven, and said, Father! the hour is

come.

SERMON VI.

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On Gentleness.

JAMES, iii. 17. The wisdom that is from

SERMON VII.

On the Disorders of the Passions.

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ESTHER, V. 13. Yet all this availeth me

nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the

Jew sitting at the King's gate.

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SERMON VIII.

On our Ignorance of Good and Evil in

this Life.

ECCLESIASTES, vi. 12... Who knoweth what

is good for man in this life, all the days

of his vain life, which he spendeth as a

shadow?

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SERMON IX.

On Religious Retirement.

PSALM, iv. 4. Commune with your own

heart, upon your bed, and be still.

SERMON X.

On Devotion

ACTS, X. 2. Cornelius

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A devout man.

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SERMON XI.

On the Duties of the Young.

TITUS, ii. 6. Young men likewise exhort to

be sober-minded.

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SERMON XII.

On the Duties and Consolations of the

Aged.

PROVERBS, xvi. 31. The hoary head is a

crown of glory, if it be found in the way

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SERMON XIII.

On the Power of Conscience.

GENESIS, xlii. 21, 22.

And they said one

to another, We are verily guilty concerning

our brother, in that we saw the anguish

of his soul, when he besought us; and we

would not hear: Therefore is this distress

come upon us. And Ruben answered

them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,

Do not sin against the child; and ye would

not hear? Therefore behold also his blood

is required.

SERMON - XIV.

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On the Mixture of Joy and Fear in

Religion.

PSALM, ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling. 376