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FIRST VOL. OF SERMONS.

Life of the AUTHOR, and Account of his Writings,

by the Rev. Isaac Milner, D.D. F.R.S. Dean of Car-

lisle, and President of Queen's College, Cambridge:

With Observations on Conformity, by the Rev.

William Richardson
pp. i to cxiv

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Isa. lxiv. 6, 7. But we are all as an unclean thing, and

all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do

fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have

taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy

name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for

thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us,

because of our iniquities.
p. 15

JESUS CHRIST, AN UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.

2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable

THE NATURE OF FAITH.

Heb. xi. 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped

for, the evidence of things not seen.

THE CASE OF PHARAOH, A WARNING

TO STUBBORN SINNERS.

Exod. x. 3. Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,

How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me?

LOWLINESS RECOMMENDED, FROM THE

EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.

Philip. ii. 3, 4, 5. Let nothing be done through strife, or

vain glory: but in lowliness of mind let each esteem

other better than themselves. Look not every man on

his own things, but every man also on the things of

others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in

JACOB BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH.

Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. And he blessed Joseph, and said,

God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did

walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this

day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless

THE DUTY AND USES OF RELIGIOUS FASTING.

Joel ii. 12. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn ye

even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and

with weeping, and with mourning.

THE COMMUNION OFFICE OF THE CHURCH

OF ENGLAND, CONSIDERED.

1 Cor. x. 16, 17. The cup of blessing which we bless, is

it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The

bread which we break, is it not the communion of the

body of Christ? For we, being many, are one bread,

and one body: for we are all partakers of that one

THE CHARACTER AND PRAYER OF SAMSON.

Judges xv. 18. And he was sore athirst, and called on

the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great

deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now

shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the

THE NATURE AND CURE OF SLOTHFULNESS.'

Prov. xv. 19. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge

of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF JOSIAH.

2 Kings xxii. 19. Because thine heart was tender, and

thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou

heardest what I spake against this place and against

the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a de-

solation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and

wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the

LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, AN EVIDENCE

OF A STATE OF SALVATION.

1 John iii. 14. We know that we have passed from death

unto life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth

not his brother, abideth in death.

THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE.

Matt. x. 29, 30. Are not two sparrows sold for a far-

thing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground

without your Father.

are all numbered.

But the very hairs of your head

FAMILY INSTRUCTION, RECOMMENDED FROM

THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM.

Gen. xviii. 19. For I know him, that he will command

his children and his household after him, and they shall

keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment;

that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he

hath spoken of him.

THE LIFE OF FAITH.

Habak. ii. 3, 4. For the vision is yet for an appointed

time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though

it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will

not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not

upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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