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MDCCXLVIII.

Heb.

SERM. XXII. The lawfulness and obligation of oaths.-

vi. 16. And an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all

Strife

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SERM. XXIII. Preached at the funeral of Mr Thomas Gouge.

-Luke xx. 37. 38. Now that the dead are raised, even Mo-

fes fhewed at the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abra-

ham, the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God

of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

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SERM. XXIV. Preached at the funeral of Dr. Whichcot..

2 Cor. v. 6. Wherefore we are always confident, knowing that

whilst we are at home in the body, we are abfent from the Lord 52

SERM. XXV. A perfuafive to frequent communion.-1 Cor. xi.

26. 27. 28. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup,

ye do fhew the Lord's death till he come, &c.

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SERM. XXVI. A discourse against transubstantiation

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SERM. XXVII. The Proteftant religion vindicated from the charge

of fingularity and novelty.Jofh. xxiv. 15. If it seem evil un-

to you to ferve the Lord, chufe you this day whom you will

Serve
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SERM. XXVIII. Objections against the true religion answered.-

Joh. xxiv. 15. And if it feem evil unto you to ferve the Lord,

chufe you this day whom you will ferve

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SERM. XXIX. Of the difficulty of reforming vitious habits.-

Jer. xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his fkin, or the leopard his

Spots? then may ye alfo do good, that are accustomed to do evil 165

SERM. XXX. The neceffity of the knowledge of the holy fcriptures.

-Matth. xxiii. 13. Wo unto you, fcribes and Pharifees, hypo-

crites; for ye fhut up the kingdom of heaven against men: and ye

neither go in yourfelves, neither fuffer ye them that are entering, to

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SERM. XXXI. The parable of the ten virgins.-

-Matth. xxv. I.

2. &c. Then fhall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten vir-

gins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And five of them were wife, and five were foolish, &c.

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SERM. XXXII. A thanksgiving fermon for our deliverance by the

Prince of Orange.- -Ezra ix. 13. 14. And after all that is come

upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, feeing that

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thou our God haft punished us less than our iniquities deferve, and

haft given us fuch a deliverance as this: fhould we again break thy

commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abomi-

nations; wouldst not thou be angry with us till thou hadst confumed

us, fo that there should be no remnant nor escaping

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SERM. XXXIII. Of forgiveness of injuries, and against revenge.

-Matth. v. 44. But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, bless

them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them

that defpitefully use you, and perfecute you

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SERM. XXXIV. The care of our fouls, the one thing needful.

-Luke x. 42. But one thing is needful
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SERM. XXXV. Of the eternity of hell-torments.Matth. xxv.

46. And thefe fhall go away into everlasting punishment; but the

righteous into life eternal

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SERM. XXXVI. Succefs not always anfwerable to the probability of

fecond caufes.Eccl. ix. 11. I returned, and faw under the fun,

that the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet

bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yes

favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them

all

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SERM. XXXVII. The way to prevent the ruin of a finful people.

-Jer. vi. 8. Be thou inftructed, O Jerufalem, left my foul de-

part from thee; left I make thee defolate, a land not inhabited 312

SERM. XXXVIII. A confcience void of offence towards God and

-Acts xxiv. 16. And herein do I exercife myself, to have

always a confcience void of offence toward God, and toward men 331

SERM. XXXIX. How to keep a truly religious faft.

men.-

Zech. vii.

5. Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,

When ye fafted and mourned in the fifth and feventh month, even

thofe feventy years, did ye at all faft unto me, even to me 350

SERM. XL. That God is the only happiness of man.- -Pfal.

lxxiii. 25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none up-

on earth that I defire befides thee

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SERM. XLI. A thankfgiving fermon for the late victory at

fea.- -Jer. ix. 23. 24. Thus faith the Lord, Let not the wife

man glory in his wifdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his

might; let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that

glorieth, glory in this, that he underftandeth and knoweth me, that I

am the Lord which exercife loving-kindness, judgment, and righte-

oufness in the earth: for in these things I delight, faith the Lord 389

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