BODI

NUSTIU

BIBLI

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

NO PEACE TO THE WICKED.

THERE is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.-Isaiah Ivii. 21.

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SERMON II.

THE DOOR SHUT.

AFTERWARDS came also the other Virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,

open to us: But He answered and said, Verily I say unto

you, I know you not.-St. Matthew xxv. 11, 12.

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SERMON III.

ANGELS REJOICING AT THE REPENTANCE OF MAN.

AND when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and

neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have

found my sheep which was lost.-St. Luke xv. 6. Page 33.

SERMON IV.

THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION.

SET your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.-

SERMON V.

THE FAITHFUL AMONG THE FAITHLESS.

AND they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day

when I make up my jewels: and I will spare them as a man

spareth his own son that serveth him.-Malachi iii. 17. ..

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SERMON VI.

RESPECTABILITY NOT RELIGION.

MINE iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able

to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head:

therefore my heart faileth me.-Psalm xl. 12.

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SERMON VII.

ASCETICISM NOT HOLINESS.

BUT as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all

manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy,

for I am holy.-1 St. Peter i. 15, 16.

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SERMON VIII.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOVE OF GOD.

AND we have known and believed the love that God hath to

us.-1 St. John iv. 16.

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SERMON IX.

THE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY.

THIS I say then, Walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the

SERMON X.

RESTORATION TO HOLINESS.

THE Lord gave the word: great was the company of the

preachers. Kings with their armies did flee, and were

discomfited: and they of the household divided the spoil.

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as

the wings of a dove, that is covered with silver wings, and

her feathers like gold.-Psalm lxviii. 11-13, P. B. V.

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SERMON XI.

CHRIST MINDFUL OF HIS FRIENDS.

OUR friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him

out of sleep.-St. John xi. 11.

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SERMON XII.

ON THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER.

PRAYING always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,

and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplica-

tion for all saints.-Ephesians vi. 18.

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SERMON XIII.

TRUTH KNOWN AND SLIGHTED.

WHICH none of the princes of this world knew; for had they

known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.—

1 Corinthians ii. 8.

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