Hope thou in God, for I fhall yet Praise Sermon XII. Timothy, 2 Chap. 1. 1. I exhort therefore that first of all Supplications, Prayers, Interceffions, and giving of Thanks, be made for all Men: 2. For Kings, and for all that are in Authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life, in all Godliness and Ho- 3. For this is good and acceptable in the A Merry Heart dath Good like a Me- dicine. Sermon XIV. Deut. 1 Chap. 17 Te fhall not refpect Perfons in Judgment, but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you fhall not be afraid of Sermon XV. Pfalm 20. 6, 7, and 8 6. Now know I that the Lord faveth his Anointed; he will hear him from his Holy Heaven, with the faving Strength 7. Some truft in Chariots, and fome in Horfes: But we will remember the Name A 1 A SERMON Preach'd before the King and Queen, A T WHITE-HALL, St. Mat. 16. former part of the 26th. Verfe. For what is a Man profited, if he fball gain the whole World, and lofe his own Soul? A LL the Errors and Immoralities of Humane Actions, pro ceed from the wrong Eftimate which we make of things; from our placing a greater Value upon fome than B they they truly deferve, and a lefs upon others than they juftly require: This makes us eager and follicitous on the one hand in the pursuit of fuch things as have no real worth to recommend them, but borrow all their Luftre from Fancy and Opinion; careless and unconcern'd on the other, for the attainment of fuch, whofe worth is natural and intrinsic, and need nothing to fet them off, but their own inherent goodnefs. However odd and abfurd this management may appear, yet there is scarce any one amongst us, but is in fome meafure liable to the foregoing imputation,and the generality of Mankind drive on a Traffic as ridiculous as that of the Foolish Indians, exchanging daily for Glafs and Baubles, fuch Treasures as are folid and fubftantial. Our bleffed Saviour, therefore, whose great Design it was to reÂifie our Mintakes, and enlighten our Understandings, endeavours to convince us (in the Words of my Text) of the folly and unreasonableness of this fort of proceeding; advifing the im. prudent Worldling to weigh, and confider duly those things which ftand in Competition with one another, that fo his Choice may be guided by Pru dence |