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CONTENTS.
SERMONS ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS.
I.
Caution recommended in the Use and Application of Scriptural
Language. A Sermon preached July 17, 1777, in the Cathedral
Church of Carlisle, at the Visitation of the Right Reverend Ed-
mund, Lord Bishop of Carlisle
II.
Advice, addressed to the Young Clergy of the Diocess of Carlisle,
in a Sermon preached at a general Ordination, holden at Rose
Castle, on Sunday, July 29, 1781
III.
A Distinction of Orders in the Church defended upon Principles of
public Utility, in a Sermon preached in the Castle-Chapel, Dub-
lin, at the Consecration of John Law, D. D., Lord Bishop of Clon-
fert and Kilmacduagh, September 21, 1782
IV.
The Use and Propriety of local and occasional Preaching.-A
Charge, delivered to the Clergy of the Diocess of Carlisle, in
the Year 1790
V.
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Dangers incidental to the Clerical Character stated, in a Sermon
preached before the University of Cambridge, at Great St Ma-
ry's Church, on Sunday, July 5, being Commencement Sunday 47
VI.
A Sermon, preached at the Assizes at Durham, July 29, 1795; and
published at the request of the Lord Bishop, the Honourable the
Judges of Assize, and the Grand Jury
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SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
Seriousness in Religion indispensable above all other Dispo-
sitions.
1 PET. iv. 7.
Be ye, therefore, sober, and watch unto prayer
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Have I not remembered thee in my bed: and thought upon thee
when I was waking?
Of the State after Death.
1 JOHN iii. 2.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is
On Purity of the Heart and Affections.
1 JOHN iii. 2, 3.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God'; and it doth not yet appear
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every
man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure
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On Taste for Devotion.
JOHN iv. 23, 24.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship
him, must worship him in spirit and in truth
VII.
Of the Doctrine of Conversion.
MATT. ix. 13.
I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance
VIII.
Prayer in Imitation of Christ.
LUKE v. 16.
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed
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On Filial Piety.
GEN. xlvii. 12.
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fath-
er's household, with bread, according to their families
Χ.
To think less of our Virtues and more of our Sins.
PART I.
PSALM li. 3.
My sin is ever before me
XI.
To think less of our Virtues, and more of our Sins.
PART II.
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Salvation for Penitent Sinners.
LUKE vii. 47.
Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiv-
en; for she loved much
XIII.
Sins of the Fathers upon the Children.
EXODUS XX. 5.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I
the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me
XIV.
How Virtue produces Belief, and Vice Unbelief.
JOHN vii. 17.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether
it be of God
XV.
John's Message to Jesus.
МАТТ. Хі. 2, 3.
Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ, he sent
two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should
come, or do we look for another?
XVI.
Of Insensibility to Offences.
PSALM XIX. 12, 13.
Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my
secret faults. Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins,
lest they get the dominion over me
XVII.
Seriousness of Disposition Necessary.
LUKE viii. 15.
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience
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The Efficacy of the Death of Christ.
НЕВ. іх. 26.
Now once in the end of the world hath he appeared, to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself
XIX.
All stand in Need of a Redeemer.
НЕВ. ІХ. 26.
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The Efficacy of the Death of Christ consistent with the Neces-
sity of a Good Life; the one being the Cause, the other
the Condition, of Salvation.
Rom. vi. 1.
What shall we say then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound? God forbid
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to
visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world
XXII.
The Agency of Jesus Christ since his Ascension.
НЕВ. xiii. 8.
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever
XXIII.
Of Spiritual Influence in general.
PART I..
1 Cor. iii. 16.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of
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