The works of Matthew Horbery, D.D.

SERMON I.

King Agrippa's answer to Paul.

ACTS xxvi. 28.

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me

to be a Christian

p. 1.

SERMON II.

The apostles’ witness of the resurrection of Jesus, proper,

powerful, and successful.

Acts iv. 33.

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the re-

surrection of the Lord Jesus

p. 17.

SERMON III.

The good fruits of Christianity evidences of its truth.

MATT. vii. 16.

Ye shall know them by their fruits

P. 40.

SERMON IV.

Salvation in Jesus Christ alone.

Acts iv. 12.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none

other name under heaven given among men, whereby we

must be saved

p. 56.

SERMON V.

Christ both God and man.

HEB. i. 1, 2, 3.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in

time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these

last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath ap-

pointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
worlds ; who being the brightness of his glory, and the

express image of his person, and upholding all things by

the word of his power, when he had by himself purged

our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on

high

p. 91.

SERMON VI.

The doctrine of divine grace stated and explained.

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

p. 112.

SERMON VII.

The inspiration of the moral parts of Scripture asserted.

2 Tim. iii. 16, 17.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profit-

able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruc-

tion in righteousness: that the man of God may be per-

fect, throughly furnished unto all good works

p. 130.

SERMON VIII.

The complete inspiration of scripture asserted.

1 Cor. vii. 40.

And I think also that I have the Spirit of God

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God,

who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit

p. 166.

SERMON X.

The great guilt and danger of taking away from the words

of scripture.

REV. xxii. 19.

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book

of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the

book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things

which are written in this book

p. 179.

SERMON XI.

The chief causes of scepticism in matters of religion.

2 Tim. iii. 7.

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold,

I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and

call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand

over the place, and recover the leper

p. 222

222.

SERMON XIII.

The sanctions of the gospel asserted and vindicated.

MATT. X. 28.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to

kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy

both soul and body in hell

SERMON XIV.

On divine preservation.

Acts xvii. 28.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being p. 259.

p. 237.

SERMON XV.

This life the only state of probation.

Matt. xxv. 28, 29, 30.

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him

which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath

shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but from

him that hath not shall be taken away even that which

he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer

darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

p. 272.

SERMON XVI.

On the contempt of the clergy.

TITUS ii. 15.

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all au-

thority. Let no man despise thee

p. 291.

SERMON XVII.

The distinction between the characters of a righteous and

of a good man, so far as it is supposed to be founded on

scripture, examined and refuted.

ROMANS v. 7.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet per-

adventure for a good man some would even dare to die

p. 308.

SERMON XVIII.

The Athanasian Creed defended and explained.

1 Tim. iii. 9.

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience

p. 323.

SERMON XIX.

The preeminence of charity.

1 Cor. xii. 31.

And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way

p. 339.

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