CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

ON OUR SAVIOUR'S ADVENT IN THE FLESH.

ST. LUKE, chap. ii. verse 32.

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy

people Israel.

SERMON II.

AN EARNEST EXHORTATION TO REFORMATION

OF LIFE.

ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS, chap. v. verse 14.

Awake! thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and

Christ shall give thee light! .

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SERMON III.

ON THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST.

ST. MATTHEW'S GOSPEL, chap. xxvii. and part of the 35th

verse.

And they crucified Him .

SERMON IV.

ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN, chap. i. verse 18.

I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold! I am alive for evermore, Amen! and have the keys of hell and of death

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SERMON V.

ON SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE.

ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL, chap. xiv. 16th and part of the 17th

verses.

I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth

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SERMON VI.

DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL, chap. i. verse 1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.

SERMON VII.

ON THE SABBATH.

ST. MARK'S GOSPEL, chap. ii. verse 27.

Jesus said unto them, the Sabbath was made for man,

and

not man for the Sabbath

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GENESIS, chap. xxviii. verses 16, 17, 18, and 19.

And Jacob said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I
knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dread-
ful is this place! this is none other but the house of God,
and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up
early in the morning, and took the stone that he had
put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured
oil
upon the top of it; And he called the name of that
place Bethel

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SERMON IX.

ON THE SEASON OF HARVEST.

PSALM civ. verses 13, 14, and 15.

The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth: And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart .

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SERMON X.

ON UNDUE SOLICITUDE FOR WORLDLY CONCERNS.

ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL, chap. x. verses 41, 42.

Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha! thou art careful, and troubled about many things; but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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SERMON XI.

ON BEHALF OF A MAGDALEN

INSTITUTION.

PREACHED AT TRINITY CHURCH, LIVERPOOL, 1811.

ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL, chap. xv. verse 7.

say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance

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1st BOOK OF KINGS, chap. viii. part of verse 36.

That thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk

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SERMON XIII.

PREACHED AT THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF ONE OF THE
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ESTABLISHED IN FORMBY.

ACTs, chap. ii. verses 44, 45.

And all that believed were together, and had all things and sold their possessions and goods, and

common;

parted them to all men, as every man had need

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SERMON XIV.

ON THE UTILITY OF A SCHOOL FOR THE
BLIND POOR.

PREACHED AT TRINITY CHURCH, LIVERPOOL, 1812, WHEN
THE ASYLUM WAS ENLARGED.

ST. MARK'S GOSPEL, chap. viii. part of verse 23.

And he took the blind man by the hand

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