WORKS

OF THE REVEREND

GEORGE WHITEFIELD, M. A.
Late of PEMBROKE-COLLEGE, OXFORD,

And Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of HUNTINGDON.

CONTAINING

All his SERMONS and TRACTS

Which have been already published :

WITH

A SELECT COLLECTION of LETTERS,
Written to his most intimate Friends, and Perfons of Distinction, in
England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, from the Year 1734, to
1770, including the whole Period of his Miniftry.

ALSO

Some other PIECES ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS,
never before printed; prepared by Himself for the Press.

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To which is prefixed,

An ACCOUNT of his LIFE,

Compiled from his Original PAPERS and LETTERS,

NEW-YORS

VOL. V.

LONDON:

Printed for EDWARD and CHARLES DILLY, in the Poultry;
and Messrs. KINCAID and CREECH, at Edinburgh.

MDCCLXXII.

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CONTENTS*

ERMON I. The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed

of the Serpent.

GEN. iii. 5. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,

and between thy feed and her feed; it shall bruise thy head, and

thou shalt bruise his heel.

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SERM. II. Walking with God.

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GEN. v. 24. And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for

God took him.

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SERM. III. Abraham's offering up his Son Isaac.

P. 21

GEN. xxii. 12. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,

neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou

fearest God, Seeing thou hast not withheld thy fon, thine only

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fon from me.

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SERM. IV. The great Duty of Family-Religion.

p. 38

JOSHUA xxiv. 15. As for me and my house, we will ferve the

Lord.

SERM. V. Christ the best Husband: or, an earnest Invita-

tion to Young Women to come and see Christ. Preached

to a Society of Young Women, in Fetter-Lane.

PSALM xlv. 10, 11. Hearken, O daughter, and confider, and

incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and thy father's

house: so pall the King greatly defire thy beauty; for he is thy

Lord, and worship thou him.

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SERM. VI. Britain's Mercies, and Britain's Duty. Preached

at Philadelphia, on Sunday, August 24, 1746. and occa-

fioned by the Suppression of the late unnatural Rebellion.

PSALM CV. 45. That they might observe his ftatutes and keep

his laws.

* The Seamons marked with a *, are now first published from the Author's own

Manuscripts.

VOL. V.

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