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Townsend, C. Hare, Esq. Busbridge, Surry, 3 copies
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Walford, Miss, Wem
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Wigley, Mr. T. Berrington
Williams, Edward, Esq. Eaton
Williams, John, Esq. Shrewsbury
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Wynn, Mr. Privry, Shrewsbury

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Yates, W. Esq. Shelton, Newcastle, Staffordsh. 45 copies Yates, Rey, George.

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CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

The blessings attendant on a Merciful disposition.

Matt. V. 7.

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy,

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SERMON II.

The Obligation laid upon the Followers of Christ

to give up every thing for His sake.

Matt. viii. 18, 19, 20.

18: Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave

commandment to depart unto the other side.

19. And a certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I

will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

20. Jesus saith unto him, the foxes have holes, and the birds

of the air have nests : but the Son of Man hath not where

to lay his head

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SERMON III.

Sin and Danger of Unbelief.

Rom. iii. 1-8.

1. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is

there of circumcision?

2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were

committed the oracles of God.

3. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief

make the faith of God without effect?

4. God forbid. Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar:

as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy say-

ings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of

God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh

vengeance? (I speak as a man.)

6. God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world ?

7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my

lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as

some affirm that we say,) let us do evil that good may come,

whose damnation is just.

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SERMON IV.

Concerning the Nature of Original Sin.

Rom. iii. 9, 10, 11, 12.

9. What then ? are we better than they? No, in no wise;

for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that

they are all under sin ;

10. As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.

11. There is none that understandeth; there is none that

seeketh after God.

12. They are all gone out of the way, they are become unpro-

fitable : there is none that doeth good, no, not one 55

SERMON V.

On the Universal Wickedness of Mankind.

Rom. iii. 13-20.

13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues

they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.

14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

15. Whose feet are swift to shed blood,

16. Destruction and misery are in their ways.

17. And the way of peace have they not known.

18. There is no fear of God before their eyes,

19. Now we know that what things soever the law şaith, it

saith to them, who are under the law; that every mouth

may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty

before God.

20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be

justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge

of sin.

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SERMON VI.

On Justification by Faith.

Rom. iji. 21-26.

21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is

manifested, being witnessed the law and the Prophets.

22. Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus

Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe, for there

is no difference.

23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

24. Being justified freely by his grace, through the redenip-

tion that is in Christ Jesus.

25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, through

faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness, for the re-

mission of sius that are past, through the forbearance of

God.

26. To declare, I say, at this time, his righteousness, that he

might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in

Jesus.

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SERMON VII.

On the Free Grace and Love of God.

Rom. iii. 27-31.

27. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law?

Of works ? Nay, but by the law of faith.

28. Therefore we conclude, that a man is justified by faith

without the deeds of the law.

29. Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the

Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.

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