CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

The Work of the Christian.

(Septuagesima.)

"Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the

"In nothing am I behind the very chiefest Apostles, though I be

"And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this

passover with you before I suffer." -LUKE xxii. 15

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Sermon IV.

Dangers to the Penitent.

(Lent.)

"O tarry thou the Lord's leisure; be strong and He shall comfort

thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord."-PSALM

xxvii. 16

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SERMON V.

The three Offices of Christ.

(Easter.)

"Full of grace are Thy lips, because God hath blessed Thee for ever.

Gird Thee with Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O Thou most

mighty, according to Thy worship and renown."-PSALM

xlv. 3, 4

SERMON VI.

Faith and Experience.

"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the out-

ward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."-I SAM-

UEL xvi. 7

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SERMON VII.

Faith and the World.

"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:

but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."-PROVERBS

xi, 21

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SERMON VIII.

The Church and the World.

"After thar ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how

turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye

desire again to be in bondage?"-Galatians iv. 9

SERMON IX.

Indulgence in Religious Privileges.

(Rogation Sunday.)

"These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with

you, feeding themselves without fear." -JUDE 12

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SERMON Χ.

Connection between Personal and Public Improvement.

(Whitsuntide.)

“The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters

cover the sea."-ISAIAH xi. 9.

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SERMON ΧΙ.

Christian Robleness.

(Whitsuntide.)

“I will not leave you comfortless : I will come to you. Yet a little
while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me."-JOHNΝ
xiv. 18, 19

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SERMON ΧΙΙ.

Joshua a Type of Christ and His Followers.

(First Sunday after Trinity.)

“And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest

unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed

old and stricken in age."-Joshua xxiii. I

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SERMON XIII.

Elisha a Type of Christ and His Followers.

(Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.)

“ And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be

upon me."-2 KINGS ii. 9

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SERMON XIV.

The Christian Church a Continuation of the Jewish.

“The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take

root downward, and bear fruit upward."-ISAIAH xxxvii. 31 180

SERMON XV.

The Principle of Continuity between the Jewish and

Christian Churches.

"If ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why,

as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

(Touch not, taste not, handle not, which all are to perish with

the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?"__

COLOSSIANS ii. 20-22

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