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1846
V.4
TO
THE RIGHT REVEREND
GEORGE AUGUSTUS,
LORD BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND,
WHO IN AN AGE OF SOFTNESS
TAUGHT US BY LIVING EXAMPLE
THAT THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST IS NOT IN WORD BUT IN DEED;
THIS VOLUME,
AS AN OFFERING OF LOVE AND REVERENCE,
IS INSCRIBED
BY HIS UNWORTHY SERVANT IN CHRIST,
HENRY EDWARD MANNING.
CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
CHRIST'S LOVE TO US OUR LAW OF LIFE.
The love of Christ constraineth us.-2 Cor. v. 14.
SERMON II.
THE SONS OF GOD.
As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
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SERMON III.
THE NAME OF JESUS.
Thou shalt call His name Jesus.-St. Matt. i. 21.
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SERMON IV.
CHRIST PREACHED IN ANY WAY A CAUSE OF JOY.
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or
in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea,
and will rejoice.-—Phil. i. 18.
SERMON V.
CHRIST'S GOING AWAY OUR GAIN.
It is expedient for you that I go away.-St. John xvi. 7.
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SERMON VI.
CHRIST VISIBLE TO LOVING HEARTS.
A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again a little while,
and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father.—St. John
xvi. 16.
SERMON VII.
COMPLAINING A HINDRANCE TO THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God
preserved me; when His candle shined upon my head, and
when by His light I walked through darkness; as I was in
the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle!-Job xxix. 2-4.
SERMON VIII.
SELF-ACCUSATION.
Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.-
St. Luke vii. 47. .
SERMON IX.
THE ANALOGY OF NATURE.
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest
is not quickened, except it die: and that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may
chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a
body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.
-1 Cor. xv. 35-38.
SERMON X.
THE NEW CREATION.
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God.-Rev. iii. 14.
SERMON XI.
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou
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