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Memoir of the Author,

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SERMON I.

Job xi. 7, 8, 9.-“Canst thou by searching find out God ? canst thou find

out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven ; what canst

thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure there-

of is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.”

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SERMON JI.

ECCLESIASTEs xii. 7. (Last Clause.)—" And the spirit shall return unto

God who gave it.”

SERMON II.

PSALM XV.-Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in

thy holy hill! He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,

and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his

tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against

his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he ho-

noureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and

changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh

reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be

moved."

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SERMON IV.

JOEN XV. 5. (Last Clause.)-"-Without me ye can do nothing."

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SERMON V.

GENESIS Xxxix. 9. (Last Clause.)—“How can I do this great wickedness,

and sin against God ?”

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SERMON VI.

1 SAMUEL XXViï. 16.-" Then said Samuel, Wherefore, then, dost thou

ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine

enemy.”

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SERMON VII.

Jop. xv. 16.-" How much more abominable and filthy is man, which

drinketh iniquity like water ?”

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SERMON VIII.

JEREMIAR Ü. 12, 13.—"Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be hor-

ribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have

committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living wa-

ters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no

water."

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SERMON IX.

John iii. 36. (Last Clause.)—“. He that believeth not the Son, shall

not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

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SERMON X.

LUKE X. 42.—" But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good

part which shall not be taken away from her.”

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SERMON XI.

Luke vii. 36 to 50,-“ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he

would eat with him," &c.

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SERMON XII.

ZECHartan xiii. 1.-"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the

house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for un-

cleanness.”

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SERMON XIII.

LUKE xvi. 1 to 9.-" And he said unto his disciples, There was a certain

rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him,

that he had wasted his goods,” &c.

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SERMON XIV.

MARK X. 17 to 22.—“And when he was gone forth into the way, there

came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master,

what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life ?” &c.

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SERMON XV.

Job ii. 10. (Midille Clause.)—“What! shall we receive good at the hand

of God, and shall we not receive evil?”

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SERMON XVI.

Exodus xx. 7.-" Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in

vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in

vain.”

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SERMON XVII.

Acts viii. 30, 31._"And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the

prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest ? And

he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired

Philip that he would come up, and sit with him.”

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SERMON XVIII.

John vi. 28, 29.-" Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we

might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them,

This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." 292

SERMON XIX.

PROVERBS XXviii. 26. (First Clause.)" He that trusteth in his own heart

is a fool.”

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SERMON XX.

GENESIS xviii. 25.-" That be far from thee to do after this manner, to

slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as

the wicked, that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth

do right?”

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SERMON XXI

Job xix. 25, 26.—“For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall

stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin, worms

destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”

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SERMON XXII.

DANIEL vi. 10.—“Now when Daniel knew, that the writing was signed,

he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber to-

wards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and

prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” 354

SERMON XXIII.

DEUTERONOMY xxix. 29.-—"The secret things belong unto the Lord our

God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our

children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

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SERMON XXIV.

1 Timothy Ï. 5.-“ For there is one God, and one Mediator between God

and men, the man Christ Jesus."

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SERMON XXV.

EXODUS XX. 8, 9, 10, 11.-—“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is

the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,

nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser-

vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in

six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them

is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sab-

bath day, and hallowed it.”

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SERMON XXVI.

Joan vii. 48.—"Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on

him?"

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