CONTENTS

OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

SERMON I.

On the Use of the World, as permitted by Revelation.

Preached at Kensington, before the late King, Sept. 5, 1757.

1 Cor. vii. 31.

-Use this World as not abusing it, for the fashion of

this World passeth away.

SERMON II.

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On the Self-satisfaction which results from the practice of

Moral Duties.

Preached at Kensington, before the late King, Oct. 19, 1760.

Prov. xiv. 14.

The good Man shall be satisfied from himself.

SERMON III.

On the Connection between Religion and Liberty.

Preached before his present Majesty, at St. James's Chapel, Sept.

20, 1761.

2 Cor. iii.-Part of the 17th verse.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

SERMON IV.

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Infidelity and Enthusiasm, equally averse from Rational Enquiry.

Preached in Lent, at St. James's Chapel, April 30, 1764.

Acts, xvii. Verse 11 and part of the 12th.

The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalo-

nica, in that they received the word with all readiness of

mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those

things were so. Therefore many of them believed.

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SERMON V.

On Christian Compassion.

Preached before his present Majesty at St. James's Chapel, Sept.

John xi. 35.

Jesus wept

26, 1762.

SERMON VI.

On Christian Courtesy.

Preached before his Majesty's Household, at St. James's Chapel,

March 13, 1769.

1 Peter iii. 8.

-Be pitiful, be courteous.

SERMON VII.

On Christian Independence.

Preached as a Lent Sermon in St James's Chapel, March 16, 1768;

and in York Cathedral the same year, Aug. 29th.

1 Cor. vii. 23.

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Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of

men.

SERMON VIII.

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On the Christian Duty of Glorifying God, in sequel to the for-

mer Discourse.

Preached in York Cathedral, Sept. 5, 1768.

1 Cor. vi. 20.

Ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your

body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

SERMON IX.

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On Christian Patriotism.

Preached in York Cathedral.

Romans ix. 3.

I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my

brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

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Romans xiii. 8.

SERMON X.

On Christian Benevolence.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.

SERMON XI.

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On the Progressive Assistance of the Holy Spirit.

Preached at St James's before his Majesty's Household, Lent,

March 24, 1771.

2 Peter iii. 18.

Grow in grace.

SERMON XII.

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On the Effects of the Divine Spirit, in sequel to the former

Romans xv. 13.

Discourse.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believ-

ing, that you may abound in hope through the power of

the Holy Ghost.

SERMON XIII.

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The Rule of Honour, a principle too imperfect to regulate

Christian action.

Preached before the late King at Kensington, Oct. 28, 1759, and at

St. James's Chapel, before his present Majesty, March 1, 1767.

Galat. i. 10.

Do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please

men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant

of Christ.

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SERMON XIV.

God, the universal and equal Father of all Mankind.

Preached in York Cathedral, 27 January, 1788. On the African

Slave Trade.

Acts xvii. 28.

For we also are his Offspring.

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SERMON XV.

On the prophetical tendency of Christ's discourse with Nicodemus.

Preached at York Cathedral on Whitsunday, 1773.

St. John iii. 8.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the

sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and

whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the

Spirit.

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SERMON XVI.

On the Duty of avoiding Bad Company, instanced in that of

Ephesians v. 16.

Gamesters.

Redeeming the time because the days are evil.

A Conjectural Essay, in which the meaning of the word

Angel, as sometimes used by St. Paul in his Epistle to his

Grecian Converts, is attempted to be ascertained.

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An Examination of the Prophecy, contained in the 24th

Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel.

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ERRATA.

Page 115, last line note, dele present; also dele present, p. 238, l. 1. 2, between not and conceive add I.

232,

6, for has read hath

13, between two and distinct add specific.
1, for the right read his right.

1, for all tribes read all the tribes

7 of annotations, for of vengeance read of his

vengeance.