LATE RECTOR OF BISLEY, AND VICAR OF CHOBHAM,

SURREY; AND
MINISTER OF ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL, BEDFORD-ROW,

LONDON

WITH

A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE.

ARRANGED AND REVISED,

WITH A

VIEW OF THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTER,

BY

JOSIAH PRATT, B. D. F.A.S.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES-VOL. II.

BOSTON:
CROCKER AND BREWSTER;
NEW-YORK : JOHN P. HAVEN, BROADWAY.

1825.

H. C. Sleight, Printer, Jamaica, L. I.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

SERMON'S TAKEN IN SHORT HAND FROM MR. CECIL's

PREACHING.

Sermon

Page

1. Jacob putting away strange Gods--on Gen. xxiv, 1-25 7

2. The Dying Saint's Consolation-on 2 Sam. xxiii, 5

18

3. The Child of Providence-on 1 Kings, xvii, 15, 16 28

4. The Penitence of King Josiah—on 2 Kings, xxii, 19 - ,37

5. Ezra an Example in Business—on Ezra, viii, 21, 22, 23 47

6. The End of the Upright Man: a Funeral Sermon for

the Rev. Nath. Gilbert-on Ps. xxxvii, 37

56

7. Hope: a Support in Trouble-On Ps. xliii, 5

66

8. Thanksgiving on the Victory of Trafalgar-on Psalm

cxviii, 27

70

9. The Benefit of AMiction-on Ps. cxix, 71

87

10. To Children and Parents--on Prov. iv, 1

96

11. Advantages of the House of Mourning-on Eccl. vii, 2 108

12. The Vanity of Human Imaginations--on Jer. xxiii, 28, 29 117

13. The Fiery Furnace-on Dan. isi, 24, 25

128

14. Signs of True Wisdom-on Matt. ii, 1, 2

137

15. Signs of the Times-on Matt. xvi, 1, 2, 3,

145

-- 16. Duty of Watchfulness-on Mark, xiii, 35, 36, 37

154

17. The Angels” “Song—on Luke, ii, 13, 14

164

18. Living Water—on John, iv, 10

173

19. The Nobleman of Capernaum-on John, iv, 46-50 185

20. The Power of Faith-on John, xi, 39, 40

193

21. Felix trembling-on Acts, xxiv, 24, 25

203

22. The Fashion of the World-on 1 Cor. vii, 31

211

23. Christian Consolations abounding in Suffering.-on 2

Cor, i, 5

221