should be presented to them through the medium of the Press. With this wish, also, the Author was not unwilling to comply; having had many testimonies to the acceptableness of his former contributions to the stock of Parochial and Domestic Reading.'

May "the good Lord" water with his blessing the seed which is here sown, and cause it to bring forth an abundant harvest, to the glory of His own Name; for Jesus Christ's sake! Amen.

LONDON,

April, 1838.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE REMEDY FOR CAREFULNESS.

PHILIPPIANS iv. 6, 7.- Be careful for nothing; but in every

thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let

your requests be made known unto God. And the peace

of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your

hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus.

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SERMON II.

ELISHA AND KING JOASH.

2 KINGS Xiii. 14.-Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness

whereof he died. And Joash, the king of Israel, came down

unto him, and wept over his face,

my father! the chariot of Israel,

of! .

and said, Oh, my father,

and the horsemen there-

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SERMON III.

THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB.

EXODUS iii. 15.-And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus

shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: The Lord God

of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is

my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all gene-

rations.

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SERMON IV.

men.

ALL THINGS ARE YOURS.

1 CORINTHIANS iii. 21..23.-Therefore let no man glory in

For all things are yours: whether Paul, or Apollos,

or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present,

or things to come; all are yours: and ye are Christ's; and

Christ is God's.

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SERMON V.

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER.

LUKE Viii. 11..15.-Now the parable is this: The seed is the

word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear;

then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of

their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They

on the rock are they, hcihw, when they hear, receive the

word with joy and these have no root; which for a while

believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that

which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have

heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and

pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But

that on the good ground are they, which, in an honest and

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

fruit with patience.
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SERMON VI.

AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE.

GENESIS xlii. 21..24.-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

Reuben 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. And

they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake

unto them by an interpreter. And he turned himself about

from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and

communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and

bound him before their eyes.
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SERMON VII.

ORPAH AND RUTH.

RUTH i. 14..17.-And they lifted up their voice, and wept again:

and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her

people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in

law. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to

return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,

I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people

shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou

diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so

to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and

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SERMON VIII.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

MATTHEW XXv. 31..33. 46.-When the Son of Man shall

come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then

shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him

shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them

one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from

the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but

the goats on the left . . . . . . And these shall go away into

everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eter-

nal.

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SERMON IX.

CHARACTER OF EBED-MELECH.

JEREMIAH XXXix. 15..18.- Now the word of the Lord came

unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the

prison, saying, Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,

saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Be-

hold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not

for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before

thee. But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord;

and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of

whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and

thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a

prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me,

saith the Lord.

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SERMON X.

CHARACTER OF KING ZEDEKIAH.

JEREMIAH XXXviii. 14.20.-Then Zedekiah the king sent,

and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him, into the third

entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said