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TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND JOHN VENN, M. A. FOR TWENTY YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH.

HE WAS SON OF THE REVEREND HENRY VENN, VICAR OF YELLING;

AND HIS PROGENITORS, FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS, WERE MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
HE WAS ENDOWED BY PROVIDENCE WITH A SOUND AND POWERFUL UNDERSTANDING:
AND HE ADDED TO AN AMPLE FUND OF CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE

A FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALL THE MORE USEFUL PARTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE:
IIIS TASTE WAS SIMPLE. HIS DISPOSITION WAS HUMBLE AND BENEVOLENT.

HIS MANNERS WERE MILD AND CONCILIATING.

AS A DIVINE, HE WAS COMPREHENSIVE AND ELEVATED IN HIS VIEWS,
AND PECULIARLY CONVERSANT WITH THEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS;
BUT HE DERIVED HIS CHIEF KNOWLEDGE FROM THE SCRIPTURES THEMSELVES,
WHICH HE DILIGENTLY STUDIED AND FAITHFULLY INTERPRETED.

AS A PREACHER, HE WAS AFFECTIONATE AND PERSUASIVE,

INTELLECTUAL AND DISCRIMINATING, SERIOUS, SOLEMN, AND DEVOUT;

ANXIOUS TO IMPRESS ON OTHERS THOSE EVANGELICAL TRUTHS WHICH HE HIMSELF SO DEEPLY FELT.

BY HIS FAMILY, AMONG WHOM HE WAS SINGULARLY BELOVED,

HIS REMEMBRANCE WILL BE CHERISHED WITH PECULIAR TENDERNESS.

HAVING BEEN SUSTAINED DURING A LONG AND TRYING ILLNESS,

BY A STEDFAST FAITH IN THAT SAVIOUR WHOM IN ALL HIS PREACHING HE LABOURED TO EXALT,
HE DIED 1 JULY, 1813, AGED 54 YEARS, LEAVING TO HIS SURVIVING FAMILY AND FLOCK AN ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE
OF THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO EMBRACE WITH THEIR WHOLE HEARTS THE RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST.

REMEMBER THEM WHICH HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU, WHO HAVE SPOKEN UNTO YOU THE WORD OF GOD; WHOSE FAITH FOLLOW, CONSIDERING
THE END OF THEIR CONVERSATION; JESUS CHRIST, THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER.-HEB. XIII. 7, 8.

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED, AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT AND AFFECTION, BY FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED.

the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their

SERMON VII.

eyes...

THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS-GOD
MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.

1 Tim. iii. 14-16.-These things write I unto thee,
hoping to come unto thee shortly: but if I tarry long,
that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave
thyself in the house of God, which is the church of
the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
And, without controversy, great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified
in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into
glory.

SERMON VIII.

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ON THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY, $ Matt. xxviii. 19.-Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost................ 122

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SERMON IX.

HOW ABRAHAM SAW THE DAY OF CHRIST, AND IN WHAT WAY THE TYPES IN THE ま OLD TESTAMENT REFERRED TO CHRIST. John viii. 56.-Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

SERMON X.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PATRIARCHAL, JEWISH, AND CHRISTIAN DISPENSATIONS. Luke x. 23, 24.---Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

SERMON XI.

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ON THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.

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1 John i. 3, 4.-That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full......... 177

SERMON XII.

ON COMMUNION WITH THE ANGELS.

Heb. xii. 22.—Ye are come to an innumerable company of angels.

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