AND OTHER

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES,

BY THE LATE

HENRY HUNTER, D. D.

MINISTER OF THE SCOTS CHURCH, LONDON WALL.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HIS LIFE,

AND

A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF HIS WRITINGS.

"No farther seek his merits to disclose,
"Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,
"There they alike in trembling hope repose
"The bosom of his Father and his God."

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. MURRAY, 32, FLEET-STREET; J. HARDING, 36, ST. JAMES'S-
STREET; BELL AND BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH; AND GILBERT AND
HODGES, DUBLIN.

1804.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLICLIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1897.

Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

SERMON XVIII.

1 THESS. V. 12, 13.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour

among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish

you;

And to esteem them very highly in love for their works' sake.

And be at peace among yourselves.

THE RECIPROCAL DUTIES OF A MINISTER AND

HIS PEOPLE

DELIVERED AT THE ADMISSION OF A MINISTER.

SERMON XIX.

TITUS ii. 15.

Let no man despise thee.

ON THE MINISTERIAL CHARACTER.

AT THE ADMISSION OF A MINISTER.

SERMON XX.

JONAH i. 6.

What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy, God.

TO SEA FARING MEN.

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SERMON XXI.

ACTS xxiv. 16.

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience

void of offence toward God and toward men.

ON PURITY OF CONSCIENCE

SERMON XXII.

ACTS xxiv. 16.

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a consci-

ence void of offence toward God and toward men.

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That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches

of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ

Jesus.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse

ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, per-

fecting holiness in the fear of God.

THE PROMISES OF GOD, AN INCITEMENT TO HO-

LINESS....

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SERMON XXV.

LUKE xiii. 6-9.

He spake also this parable: a certain man had a fig tree

planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit

thereon, and found none.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold these

three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find

none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year

also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou

shalt cut it down.

He spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree

planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit

thereon, and found none.

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these

three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find

none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this

year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou

shalt cut it down.

ON THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE.

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SERMON XXVII.

MATTHEW vi. 33.

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and

all these things shall be added unto you.