what doctrines I have been preaching for more than half a century: They will find them in this volume. May the Friend of sinners make it the life to all into whose hands it

LONDON, January 12, 1830.

savour of

may come!

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

VICTORY IN DEATH.

A Sermon preached at Bristol, on Sunday, Janu-

ary 30, 1791, on occasion of the Death of the

Rev. Joseph Easterbrook, Vicar of Temple,

in that city.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to

heart; and merciful men are taken away,

none considering that the righteous is taken

away from the evil to come. He shall enter

into peace: They shall rest in their beds,

each one walking in his uprightness.—

Isaj. lvii. 1, 2.
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II.

FEAR GOD: HONOUR THE KING.

A Discourse preached in the Methodist Chapel,

Bath, on Sunday, January 19, 1794.

Render therefore unto Casar, the things which

are Cæsar's; and unto God, the things that

are God's.-Matt. xxii. 21....... Page 21

III.

THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.

A Sermon preached at the Methodist Chapel, in

Thorner, March 23, 1806, on occasion of

Death of the Rev. John Pawson.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my

course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth

there is laid up for me a crown of righteous-

ness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,

will give me in that day.-2 Timothy iv.

7,8.....
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IV.

THE GOSPEL CALL BEING REFUSED BY THE RICH,

THE LORD CHOOSES THE POOR.

Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Behold,

we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what

shall we have, therefore? And Jesus said

unto them, Verily, I say unto you, that ye

which have followed me in the regeneration,

when the Son of man shall sit on the throne

of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve

thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or

brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or

wife, or children, or lands, for my name's

sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall

inherit everlasting life.-Matthew xix. 27—

29.
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V.

THE DESIGN, FULNESS, AND BLESSEDNESS, OF

ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

A Discourse preached at Manchester, August 13,

1815. Published at the request of the Me-

thodist Conference.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ?—

Romans viii. 35.

VI.

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THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING.

A Sermon preached in City-Road Chapel, Lon-

don, at the desire of the Wesleyan-Methodist

Missionary Society, on Friday, April 26,

1822.

For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world

by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by

the foolishness of preaching, to save them
that believe.-1 Cor. i. 21. .... Page 197

APPENDIX TO SERMON VI.

THE CHARACTER OF A TRUE MISSIONARY:

In a Funeral Oration on Francis Xavier, Apostle

of the Indies. Translated from the French of

Monsieur Esprit Flechier, Bishop of Nimes.

And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the

highways and hedges, and compel them to

come in, that my house may be filled.-Luke

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xiv. 23.

VII.

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.

And it came to pass that the beggar died, and

was carried by the angels into Abraham's

bosom: The rich man also died, and was

buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes,

being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar

off, and Lazarus in his bosom.—Luke xvi.

22, 23.
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BRIEF

ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHRISTIAN

EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR OF THE PRECEDING

SERMONS, FROM HIS BIRTH TO THE FIRST CON-

FERENCE AFTER THE DEATH OF THE REVEREND

JOHN WESLEY.

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