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CONTENTS.
SERMON 1.
God's Works originally perfect.
GENESIS i. 31.-And God saw every thing that he had made;
and, behold, it was very good....
SERMON II.
Characteristicks of Human Identity.
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ACTS xvii. 26.-And hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
SERMON III.
Peculiarities consistent with Identity.
men for to dwell on all the face of the earth......
SERMON IV.
Characteristicks of a Human Being.
1 KINGS ii. 2.-Show thyself a man.
SERMON V.
Man urged to act worthily of his dignified Nature.
SERMON VI.
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Envy, one of the basest Passions of the Human Breast.
ESTHER V. 13.-Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as
I see Mordecai, the Jew, sitting at the king's gate..... 73
SERMON VII.
Little things blight the fairest prospects of Man.
SOLOMON'S SONG ii. 15.-Take us the foxes, the little foxes,
that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes.
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SERMON VIII.
Man, admonished of his duty by inferiour creatures. PAGE
PROVERBS VI. 6.-Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her
ways, and be wise.
SERMON IX.
Connexion of Obedience and Blessings.
MARK iii. 5.--Stretch forth thine hand.....
SERMON X.
A vain Curiosity reproved.
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JOHN xxii. 22.--What is that to thee? follow thou me..... .... 125
SERMON XI.
The Value and Use of Money.
ECCLESIASTES X. 19.--Money answereth all things........ 137
SERMON XII.
The Service of God and Mammon impossible.
MATTHEW vi. 24.-Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.... 149
SERMON XIII.
The Preaching of the Gospel, and its desirable Effects.
MARK XVI. 15.-Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.
SERMON XIV.
The fearful and wonderful Formation of Man.
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PSALM CXXXIX. 14.-I am fearfully and wonderfully made... 173
SERMON XV.
PSALM CXXXIX. 14.-I am fearfully and wonderfully made... 193
SERMON XVI.
A Man's Religion may be his Ruin.
ISAIAH XXviii. 20.--For the bed is shorter than that a man
can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than
that he can wrap himself in it....
SERMON XVII.
Joseph's Affection, worthy of imitation.
GENESIS xlv. 4.--I am Joseph, your brother....
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SERMON XVIII.
On grieving the Holy Spirit.
EPHESIANS iv. 30.-Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God..... 229
SERMON XIX.
Neglect of Present Duty the Ruin of Man.
1 KINGS XX. 40.-As thy servant was busy here and there,
he was gone..
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SERMON XX.
The Path of Human Happiness.
PSALM iv. 6.-There be many that say, Who will show us
any good?...
SERMON XXI.
Little things make up the Character of a Man.
LUKE XVI. 10.-He that is faithful in that which is least, is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least,
is unjust also in much.
SERMON XXII,
On Justification.
ROMANS iii. 24.-Being justified freely by his grace, through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus...
SERMON XXIII.
SERMON XXIV.
Death, and the intermediate Stale.
ECCLESIASTES xii. 7.-Then shall the dust return to the
earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who
gave it....
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SERMON XXV.
Death, and the intermediate State.
ECCLESIASTES xii. 7.--Then shall the dust return to the
gave it.
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SERMON XXVI.
The Resurrection of the Human Body, and wonderfully
glorious Change.
1 CORINTHIANS xv. 53. This corruptible must put on incor-
ruption, and this mortal must put on immortality....... 341
SERMON XXVII.
1 CORINTHIANS xv. 53.-This corruptible must put on incor-
ruption, and this mortal must put on immortality....... 361
SERMON XXVIII.
Ministers of the Gospel encouraged to hold forth Variety,
as a prominent trait in their Publick Discourses.
MATTHEW Xiii. 52.--Every scribe which is instructed unto
the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is a
householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure,
things new and old.
SERMON XXIX.
MATTHEW Xiii. 52.—Every scribe which is instructed unto
SERMON XXX.
Man must render his final Account to God.
LUKE XVI. 2.-Give an account of thy stewardship.
APPENDIX.
Explication of the term Nature..
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