ON THE

PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND TRUTHS

OF

REDEMPTION.

TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED,

AN ADDRESS AND DISSERTATION ON THE STATE OF THE

DEPARTED, AND THE DESCENT OF

CHRIST INTO HELL.

BY
JOHN HENRY HOBART, D.D.
BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
PROFESSOR OF PASTORAL THEOLOGY AND PULPIT ELOQUENCE IN THE GENERAL
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, AND RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH, AND
ST. PAUL'S AND ST. JOHN'S CHAPELS, IN THE CITY OF

NEW YORK.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,
AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

1824.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

SERMON I.

JESUS CRUCIFIED, BURIED, RISING FROM THE

DEAD.

[On the First Sunday after Easter.]

PSALM cxxvi. 3.

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The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we

are glad......

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SERMON II.

THE VICTORY THROUGH CHRIST.

1 Cor. xv. 56, 57.

The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the

law; but thanks be to God who giveth us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

15

SERMON III.

JUSTIFICATION.

ROMANS ii. 24.

Being justified freely by his grace, through the re-

demption that is in Jesus Christ

32

SERMON IV.

MAN CAN HAVE NO MERIT BEFORE GOD.

LUKE xvii. 10.

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So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things

which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable

servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. 52

THE ASCENSION AND EXALTATION OF CHRIST,

AS SET FORTH IN THE 68th PSALM.

[Ascension Day.]

PSALM lxviii. 18.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity

captive

85

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou

find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high

as Heaven, what canst thou do? deeper than Hell,

what canst thou know?

133

SERMON XI.

THE TRINITY.

[Trinity Sunday.]

Rev. iv. 8.

And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy,

holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is

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to come