THE WORKS

OF

THE REV. DANIEL M·CALLA, D. D.

PASTOR OF THE INDEPENDENT OR CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, IN THE PARISH OF CHRIST'S CHURCH, SOUTH-CAROLINA.

CONTAINING A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE AUTHOR, BY THE REV. WILLIAM HOLLINShead, v. d.

VOL. I.

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Contents.

VOLUME FIRST.

A Funeral Discourse, containing a Sketch of the

Life and Character of the Author, by the Rev.

William Hollinshead, D. D.

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ZECHARIAH, i. 5. Your Fathers, where are they?

And the Prophets, do they live forever?

SERMON I.

The Gospel Preached to the Poor.

MATTHEW XI. 4, 5. Go and shew John again

those things which ye do hear and see: The

blind receive their sight, and the lame walk,

the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear,

the dead are raised up, and the poor have the

Gospel preached unto them.

SERMON II.

Christian Benevolence.

PHILIP ii. 4. Look not every man on his own

things, but every man also on the things of

others.

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SERMON III.

The Perverseness of the Human Heart the principal cause of the rejection of Christ.

JOHN V. 40. And ye will not come to me, that

ye

might have life.

SERMON IV.

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Advice to Young Men.

PSALM CXIX. 9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto, according to thy word.

SERMON V.

The same subject continued.

PSALM CXix. 9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

SERMON VI.

The happiness of the Heavenly state.

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PSALM XVI. 11. Thou wilt sher me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. 178

SERMON VII.

The Mystery of the Gospel to be published with

boldness.

[Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. James Adams.]

EPHESIANS Vi. 19. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel.

SERMON VIII.

The nature and necessity of Repentance. JOB xlii. 6. Wherefore I abhor myself, and re

pent in dust and ashes.

SERMON IX.

The acceptable Year of the Lord.

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[Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. THOMAS H. PRICE.] LUKE iv. 18, 19. The spirit of the Lord is upan

me, for that to which he hath annointed me;
he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the
poor; to heal the broken hearted; to proclaim
deliverance to the captives, and the recovery
of sight to the blind; to set at liberty those
who are bruised; to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord.

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