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SERMONS

preached at Cambridg

BY

HENRY MELVILL, M.A.,

LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR OF ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

AND

MINISTER OF CAMDEN CHAPEL, CAMBERWELL.

LONDON:

J., G., & F, RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD,

AND WATERLOO PLACE.

MDCCCXXXIII.

LENOX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

LONDON:

Printed by J. L. Cox and Son, 75, Great Queen Street,
Lincoln's-Inn Fields.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE FIRST PROPHECY.

GENESIS, iii. 15:—And I will put enmity between thee and the

woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy

head, and thou shalt bruise his heel

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SERMON II.

CHRIST THE MINISTER OF THE CHURCH.

HEBREWS, viii. 2:-A minister of the sanctuary, and of the

true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, and not man .......

SERMON III.

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CREATURE-MERIT.

1 CHRON. XXIX 14:-For all things come of thee, and of thine

own have we given thee

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SERMON IV.

THE HUMILIATION OF THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.

PHILIPPIANS, ii. 8:-And being found in fashion as a man, he

humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the

death of the cross

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SERMON V.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION VIEWED

IN CONNECTION WITH THAT OF THE SOUL'S

IMMORTALITY.

JOHN, xi. 25:-Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection and

the Life.....

SERMON VI.

THE POWER OF WICKEDNESS AND RIGHTEOUS-

NESS TO REPRODUCE THEMSELVES.

GALATIANS, VI. 7:-For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he

also reap

SERMON VII.

THE POWER OF RELIGION TO STRENGTHEN THE

HUMAN INTELLECT.

PSALMS, Cxix. 130:-The entrance of thy words giveth light; it

giveth understanding unto the simple

SERMON VIII.

THE PROVISION MADE BY GOD FOR THE POOR.

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PSALMS, lxviii. 10:-Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy good-

ness for the poor....

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