ON

IMPORTANT SUBJECTS,

BY THE LATE REVEREND AND PIOUS

SAMUEL DAVIES, A. M.

Sometime President of the College in New Jersey.

SECOND EDITION OF

THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME,

FROM THE AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPTS.

Had he dropp'd

That eagle-genius; Oh, had he let fall

One feather as he flew!

Yet what we can we must.......it were profane

To quench a glory lighted in the skies,

And cast in shadows his illustrious close!

NIGHT THOUGHTS, NO 2.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. BAYNES, 54, PATERNOSTER-ROW;

By J. F. Dove, St. John's Square.

11032.

CONTENTS.

SERMON LXXI.

A THANKSGIVING SERMON FOR NATIONAL BLESSINGS.

And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your do-

ings, wherein ye have been defiled, and ye shall loath

yourselves in your own sight, for all the evils that ye have

committed. And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when

I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not accord-

ing to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt

doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.-Eze-

kiel xx. 43, 44...

SERMON LXXII.

181-203

PRACTICAL ATHEISM, IN DENYING THE AGENCY OF

DIVINE PROVIDENCE, EXPOSED.

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search

Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are set-

tled on their lees; that say in their heart, the Lord will

not do good, neither will he do evil.—Zephaniah, i. 12.

204-230

SERMON LXXIII.

THE PRIMITIVE AND PRESENT STATE of MAN

COMPARED.

For if by one man's offence, death reigned by one; much

more they which receive [the] abundance of grace, and of

the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus

Christ.-Romans, v. 17....

SERMON LXXIV.

231-256

THE CERTAINTY OF DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON.

O wicked man, thou shalt surely die.-Ezek. xxxiii. v. 8.

257-278

SERMON LXXV.

EVIDENCES OF THE WANT OF LOVE TO GOD.

But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.—

John v. 42.
..279-294

SERMON LXXVI.

THE OBJECTS, GROUNDS, AND EVIDENCES OF THE

HOPE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness; but the right-

eous has hope in his death.—Prov. xiv. 32

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295-320