CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

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MORTALITY OF MAN.

ISAIAH xl. 6, 7.

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall

I cry?-All flesh is grass, and all the goodli-

ness thereof is as the flower of the field.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because

the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it;-

surely the people is grass.

SERMON II.

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DUTIES OF THE SICK.

ECCLES. vii. 14.

In the day of adversity consider.

The Lord hath chastened and corrected me, but

he hath not given me over unto death.

SERMON V.

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OLD AGE.

PROV. XVI. 31.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be

found in the way of righteousness.

SERMON VI.

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DEATH.

PSALM Xxiii. 4.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

SERMON VII.

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REGULATION OF SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF FRIENDS.

1 THESS. iv. 13, 14.

I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

SERMON VIII.

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SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF CHILDREN.

2 KINGS iv. 25, 26.

It came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

SERMON IX.
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ADVANTAGES OF AFFLICTION.

PSALM CXix. 71.

It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.