will shew. And several of them were the Sermons which he usually preach'd in bis Diocese, and elsewhere, in the latter Part of his Life, as being best calculated, in bis own opinion, so it may be juftly presum’d) for doing Good to Mankind, and the Discharge of his own Duty, as a Minister of the Gospel.

Could these Sheets have carried any Impresion of that Energy and Zeal with which the Living Author of these Discourses addressd them to his Auditors, and to which they owed no small share of that Beauty and Influence which they once had from his own Mouth, they would bave been more welcome and more valuable to the Reader. One Excellence indeed they cannot be depriv’d of, which, in some measure, will supply the Want of those external and additional Graces that accompanied and adorned them in the Pulpit, viz. that Spirit of Piety which yet enlivens and breathes through them

all,

all, and demonstrates them to be the
real Issues of his Heart, and the very
Dietates of his Soul, by such Marks of
Evidence as are easy to be discover’d,
tho' difficult to be describd, and im
possible to be counterfeited.

Rom. viii. 16. The Spirit itself beareth Wit-

ness with our Spirit, that we are the Chil-

dren of God.

Concerning the Advocateship of the Holy

Spirit, and the proper Distinctions between

that, and the Advocateship of our Sa-

viour.

Deliver'd in Three Sermons, on this Text,

John xiv. 16. And I will fray the Father,

and be Mall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever.

DISC.

3

Of grieving the Spirit. Of the Sealing of

the Spirit. Of the different Notions of

Redemption in Holy Scripture.

Deliver'd in Two Sermons on this Text,

Eph. iv. 30. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of

God, whereby ye are sealed to the Day of

Redemption.

DISC. IV. p. 105.

Of the various Callings in Life: And the In-

ferences from thence. That Christianity

makes no Change in human Callings, or

in the Civil Relations of Life: And the

Inferences from thence. Of the Requi-

sites of a lawful Calling, and how it is to

be distinguish'd from one that is unlawful.

Of Gaming

Deliver'd in Two Sermons, on this Text,

1 Cor. vii. 17. But as God hath distributed

to every Man as the Lord hath called every

one, so let him walk : And so ordain I in all

the Churches.

DISC. V. p. 143.

Of Diligence and Watchfulness in our Chri-

ftian Calling. How our Time is to be

spent, and our Leisure improv'd, to use-

ful Purposes: And particularly what Wif-

dom

dom and Prudence Chriftians are to use in

evil and dangerous Times.

Deliver'd in Two Sermons, on this Text,

EPHES. V. 15, 16. See then that ye walk cir-

cumspectly, not as Fools, but as Wife, re-

deeming the Time, because the Days are

evil.

DISC. VI. p. 191.

The Danger of Cloaking or Dissembling our

Sins. Confession of Sins necessary to Re-

pentance. What Sort of Confession that

must be.

Deliver'd in Two Sermons, on this Text,

Prov. xxviii. 13. He that covereth his Sins

shall not prosper : but whoso confesseth, and

forsaketh them, shall find Mercy.

DISC. VII. p. 210.

The Efficacy of Believing, to Salvation.
Against Infidelity.

Deliver'd in Two Sermons, on this Text,

MARK xvi. 16. He that believeth, and is

baptized, Mall be saved : But be that be-

lieveth not, fall be damned.

DISC. VIII. p. 243.

Of Conformity to the Customs and Ways of

the World. How far allowable, and how

far not.

Deliver's