SERMON XIII. On the Power of Confcience. GENESIS xlii. 21, 22. And they said Page verily guilty one to another, we are SERMON XIV. On the Mixture of Joy and Fear in 375 PSALM ii. 11. Rejoice with trembling. 412 Page SERMON XV. On the Motives to Conftancy in 7 GAL. vi. 9. And let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due feafon we Shall reap, if we faint not. 439 SERMON SERMON I. On the Union of PIETY and MORALITY. ACTS, x. 4. Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. THE High and Lofty One who inhabiteth eternity, dwelleth also with him that is of humble and contrite beart. In the midst of his glory, the Almighty is not inattentive to the meaneft of his fubjects. Neither obfcurity of station, nor imperfection of knowledge, finks those below his regard, VOL. I. B SERM. I. } I. SER M. regard, who worship and obey him. Every prayer which they fend up from their fecret retirements, is liftened to by him; and every work of charity which they perform, how unknown foever to the world, attracts his notice. The Text presents a fingle inftance of this comfortable truth. In the city of Cæfarea, there dwelt a Roman centurion, a military Officer of inferior rank, a Gentile, neither by birth nor religion entitled to the privileges of the Jewish nation. But he was a devout and a benevolent man; who, according to his measure of religious knowledge, ftudied to perform his duty, prayed to God always, and gave much alms to the people. Such a character paffed not unobserved by God. So highly was it honoured, that to this good centurion an Angel was fent from heaven, in order to direct him to the means of full inftruction in the truth. The Angel accosts him with this falutation, Cornelius, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. It |
