PUBLIC LIBRARY 357321A

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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1928

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CONTENTS or NO. HII.

SERMON I.

On the importance and utility of religious means, in general.

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PROVERBS ii. 4, 5...If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasure; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

SERMON II.

On religious consideration.

PSALM CXIX. 59, 60...I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. SERMON III.

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On Prayer.

JOB Xxi. 15... What profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

SERMON IV.

On the religious observance of the sabbath. 81 MARK ii. 27...The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

SERMON V..

On publick worship.

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JOHN XX. 24...But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus cams.

SERMON VI.

On hearing the word.

JAMES i. 21...Wherefore, lay apart all filthiness, and
superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meek-
ness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your
souls.

SERMON VII.

On reading the holy scriptures.
JOHN V. 39... Search the scriptures.

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SERMON VIII.

153

On religious conversation.

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EPHESIANS iv. 29...Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good
to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace
unto the hearers.

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ERRATA.

Page 14, line 10 from top, for enure, read inure. P. 17, 1. 8 from
bot. for acellerate, read accelerate. P. 18, 1: 10 from bot. for chis-
tendom, read christendom. P. 26, 1. 5 from bot. for serve, read
save P. 28, 1. 11 from top, before inquiries, insert these. P. 33,
1. 9 from bot. for to, read with. P. 38, 1. 10 from top, for incon-
testible, read incontestable. P. 40, 1. 6 from bot. erase the. P. 48,
1. 5 from top, for this, read their. P. 54, 1.8 from top, for the,
read theo-. P. 54, 1. 21, for irradicate, read eradicate. P. 68, 1.3
from top, for ebulitions, read ebullitions. P. 93, 1. 7 from top, for
Revelations, read Revelation. P. 116, l. 12 from bot. for his, read
the. P. 122, 1.6 from bot, for encitement, read incitement. P. 133,
1. 8 from bottom for profess read possess. P. 173, 1. 6 from top,
for institutions, read instructions.

Beside the preceding, several minor errours of the press escaped atten-
flon, in the hurry of printing: but as they are of a nature to be easily discovered
by the attentive eye, and as easily corrected and pardoned, they are not partis-
ularly specified.