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CONTENTS,
SERMON I.
On the Beginning of the Century.
PSALM Cii. 27.
Thou art the same: and thy years shall not fail.
SERMON II.
On Spring.
JOB, xlii. 5.
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I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear, but now
And Solomon said: And now. O Lord my God! Thou
hast made thy servant king instead of David my father;
and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out
and to come in.
Give, therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to
judge thy people, that I may discern between good and
bad, for who is able to judge this so great a people? 41
SERMON IV.
On the General Fast, 1801.
PROVERBS, XIX. 21.
There are many devices in man's heart; nevertheless the
counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
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SERMON V.
On Seasons of Scarcity.
PSALM XC. 3.
Thou turnest man to destruction: Again Thou sayest,
Come again, ye children of men.
SERMON VI.
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On the Encouragement which the Gospel Af-
fords to Active duty.
St MARK, viii. 9.
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and
he sent them away.
SERMON VII.
On the General Fast, October 20, 1803.
St LUKE, xxi.!9.
In your patience possess ye your souls.
SERMON VIII.
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that
getteth understanding! She is more precious than rubies,
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be com-
pared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways
are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
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SERMON IX.
Continuation of the same Subject, with regard
to the Young in the Higher Conditions of
Life.
PROVERBS, iii. 13, &c.
getteth understanding! She is more precious than ru-
bies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be
compared unto her. Length of days is in her right
hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are
peace. Page 171
SERMON X.
On Summer.
JUDGES, V. 31.
Let them that love the Lord be as the sun, when he goeth
forth in his might.
SERMON XI.
191.
On the Thanksgiving for the Victory at Tra-
falgar.
St MATTHEW, Xvii. 4.
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord! it is
good for us to be here.
SERMON XII.
On Evil Communication.
I. CORINTHIANS, xv. 33.
217
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good man-
ners.
237
SERMON XIII.
On the Fast February, 27, 1806.
PSALM, Ixxx. 19.
O Lord God of Hosts! shew the light of thy counte-
nance, and we shall be whole,
SERMON XIV.
On Freedom of Thought.
I. ST PETER, ii. 16,
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As free, and not using your liberty as a cloak of malici-
ousness, but as the servants of God.
SERMON XV.
On the General Fast, February 9, 1809.
ST MATTHEW, xvi. 3.
Can ye not discern the signs of the times?
SERMON XVI.
On Autumn.
GENESIS, XXIV. 63.
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And Isaac went out to meditate in the field, at the even-
On the Jubilee, Appointed for the 50th Anni-
versary of the King's Accession, October 25,
1809.
GENESIS xliii, 27, 28.
And Joseph asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your
father well? The old man of whom ye spake, is he yet
alive? and they answered, Our father is yet alive. And
they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 341
SERMON XVIII.
On the Consolations which the Gospel affords
under the Natural Evils of Life.
ST JOHN, ix. 1.
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind
from his birth;-And his disciples asked him, saying,
Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was
born blind? Jesus answered, neither hath this man sin.
ned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should
be made manifest in him. Page 364
SERMON XIX.
On the Fast, February 1811.
ROMANS, xii. 21.
Be not overcome of evil; but overcome evil with good. 386
SERMON XX.
On Winter, as the Season of Social Amuse-
ment.
PSALM 1xxxiv. 5, 6.
Blessed are the men, who, going through the vale of misery,
use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water. 411
SERMON XXI.
On Winter, as the Season of Religious
Thought.
PSALM Ixxiv. 17.
Thou hast made summer and winter.
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