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SERMON I.
The fanctification of the Lord's day.
Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day.
SERMON II.
A general contemplation on the nature and duty of prayer.
James v. 16. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.
SERMON III.
The duty of fecret prayer.
Matt. vi. 6. But thou when thou prayeft enter into thy
clofet, and when thou haft fhut the door, pray to thy Fa-
ther which is in fecret, and thy Father which feeth in
fecret fhall reward thee openly.
SERMON IV.
The duty of family prayer.
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Joshua xxiv. 15. As for me and my houfe we will ferve the
Lord.
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SERMON V.
The great importance of family government.
1 Sam. ii. 13. For I have told him, that I will judge his
houfe forever for the iniquity which he knoweth, be-
caufe his fons made themfelves vile, and he refrained
them not.
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SERMON VI.
Some duties of parents to their children.
Ephe. vi. 4. And ye fathers provoke not your children
to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and ad-
monition of the Lord.
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Col. iii. 20.
SERMON VII.
The duty of children to parents.
Children obey your parents in all things, for
this is well pleafing to the Lord.
Eclefi. xii. 1. 2.
SERMON VIII.
Some duties incumbent upon youth.
Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt fay, I have no plea-
fure in them; while the fun, or the light, or the moon,
or the flars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after
the rain.
SERMON IX.
How youth may become holy and happy.
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Pfalms cxix. 9. Wherewith fhall a young man cleanse
his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 106
SERMON X.
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Sobermindednefs recommended to thofe who are young.
Titus ii. 6. Young men likewise exhort to be fober mind
ed.
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SERMON XI.
The glory of God the chief end of mar.
1 Cor. x. 31. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
SERMON XII.
Self examination a necellary preparative to the holy communion.
1 Cor. xi. 20.
But let a man examine himself, and fo let
him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.
SERMON XIII
Remembering Chrift at his table.
Luke xxii. 19. This do in remembrance of me.
SERMON XIV.
The evil of profane fwearing.
James v. 12. But above all things, my brethren, fwear
not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by
any other oath, but let your yea be yea, and your nay,
Ephe. iv. 25.
The nature and evil of lying.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neighbour, for we are mem-
bers one of another.
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SERMON XVI.
The horrid evil of a backbiting tongue.
Pfalms xv. 3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue,
nor doth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbour.
SERMON XVII.
The excellencies and evils of the tongue.
James iii. 6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of ini-
quity; fo is the tongue amongst the members, that it
defileth the whole body, and fetteth on fire the course of
name, and it is fet on fire of hell.
SERMON XVIII.
The Symptoms of the day of grace being past.
Jer. viii. 20. The harvet is pat, the fummer is ended,
and we are not faved.
SERMON XIX.
God the author of all afflictions and troubles.
Job v. 6, 7. Although affliction cometh not forth of the
duft, neither doth trouble fpring out of the ground;
yet man is born unto trouble as the fparks fly up-
wards.
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SERMON XX.
God's pleasure is not the affiction of his people.
For he doth not afflict willingly, or grieve
Sam. iii. 33.
the children of m.n.
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Rev. i. 4, 5. Nevertheless I have fomewhat against thee,
because thou haft left thy first love. Remember there-
fore from whence thou art fallen, and repent and do
thy first works, or elfe I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, ex-
cept thou repent.
SERMON XXIII.
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Jefus Chrift the good Shepherd.
John x. 11. I am the good shepherd.
SERMON XXIV.
Some marks of Chrift's flock.
Ifaiah xl. 11. He fhall feed his flock like a fhepherd, he
fhall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in
his bofom, and fhall gently lead thofe that are with
young.
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SERMON XXV.
The pleasantness of Religion.
Prov. iii, 17. Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs, and all
her paths are peace.
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