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CONTENT S.

I.

Chearfulness a diftinguishing feature of the Christian religion, p. 1.

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PHILIPPIANS iv. 4. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I fay, Rejoice,

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II.

On the Christian doctrine of redemption, p. 25.

I COR. i. 20. Where is the wife? where is the scribe? where is the difputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wif dom of this world?

III.

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The fame fubject continued, and the fame

text, p. 51.

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SERMON IV.

Self-communion recommended, p. 75.

Commune with your own heart,

and in your chamber, and be ftill.

PSALM iv. 4.

SERMON V.

The character of David, King of Israel, impar-

tially stated, p. 99.

I SAM. xiii. 14. The Lord hath fought him a

man after his own heart, and the Lord hath

commanded him to be captain over his people.

SERMON VI.

Purity of manners no lefs neceffary to a Chrif-

tian character than benevolence, p. 133.

JAMES i.

27. Pure religion, and undefiled be-

fore God and the Father, is this, To vifit the

fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to

keep himself unfpotted from the world.

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VII.

Preached at the anniversary meeting of the Sons of the

Clergy, May 9, 1776, p. 151.

2 KINGS iv. I. Thy fervant, my husband, is

dead, and thou knowest that thy fervant did

fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take

unto him my two fons to be bond-men.

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VIII.

Early piety enforced, p. 177.

ECCLESIASTES xii. I. Remember no thy

Creator in the days of thy youth.

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Partial faith and partial obedience not permit-

ted by the Christian religion, p. 195•

IX.

I KINGS Xviii. 21. And Elijah came unto all

the people, and faid, How long halt ye between

two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow

him: but if Baal, then follow him.

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SERMON X.

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Preached before the Houfe of Lords, January 30, 1778.

PSALM Xxii. 28. The kingdom is the Lord's,

`and he is the governor among the nations.

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The fuperior excellence of Chrift's preaching,

and the causes of it explained, p. 235.

XI.

LUKE iv. 32. And they were aftonished at his

doctrine: for his word was with power.

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Page 255.

Preached at the yearly meeting of the Charity Schools in the

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, May 2, 1782.

XII.

LUKE Vii. 22. Then Jefus anfwering, faid unto

them, Go your way, and tell John what

things ye have feen and heard; how that the

blind fee, the lame walk, the lepers are cleanfed,

the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor

the gospel is preached.

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