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SERMON XXIX.

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CANAANITES.

So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.-Joshua x. 40. . Page 215

SERMON XXX.

NEGLECT OF WARNINGS.

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!-Deut. xxxii. 29.

SERMON XXXI.

THE TERRORS OF THE LORD.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?Matt. xvi. 26. . .

SERMON XXXII.

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PRESERVATION AND RECOVERY FROM SIN.

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.-Titus ii. 11,12. 237

SERMON XXXIII.

THIS LIFE A STATE OF PROBATION.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that
I might learn thy statutes.-Psalm cix. 71. 247

SERMON XXXIV.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE ANOTHER IN A
FUTURE STATE.

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we inay present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.-Col. i. 29. . . Page 254

SERMON XXXV.

THE GENERAL RESURRECTION.

The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John v. 28, 29.

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SERMONS ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS. SERMON I.

Caution recommended in the Use and Application of Scriptural Language.-A Sermon preached July 17, 1777, in the Cathedral Church of Carlisle, at the Visitation of the Right Reverend Edmund, Lord Bishop of Carlisle .

SERMON II.

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Advice addressed to the Young Clergy of the Diocess of Carlisle, in a Sermon, preached at a general Ordination, holden at Rose Castle, on Sunday, July 29, 1781 . .

SERMON III.

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A Distinction of Orders in the Church defended upon Principles of public Utility, in a Sermon, preached in the Castle-Chapel, Dublin, at the Consecration of John Law, D. D. Lord Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, September 21, 1782

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SERMON I.

SERIOUSNESS IN RELIGION A MOST INDISPEN SABLE DISPOSITION.

Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.-1 Pet. iv. 7. THE first requisite in religion is seriousness.

No impression can be made without it. An orderly life, so far as others are able to observe, is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct flowing from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion. This cannot exist without seriousness upon the subject. Perhaps a teacher of religion has more difficulty in producing seriousness amongst his hearers, than in any other part of his office. Until he succeed in this, he loses his labour: and when once, from any cause whatever, a spirit of levity has taken hold of a mind, it is next to impossible to plant serious considerations in that mind. It is seldom to be done, except by some great shock or alarm, sufficient to make a radical change in the disposition; and which is God's own way of bringing about the business.

One might have expected that events so awful and tremendous, as death and judgment; that a question so deeply interesting, as whether we shall go to heaven or to hell, could in no possible case and in no constitution of mind whatever, fail of exciting the most serious apprehension and conBut this is not so.-In a thoughtless, a careless, sensual world, many are always found, who can resist, and who do resist, the force and importance of all these reflections; that is to say, they

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