the Eternal Spirit upon the soul of man. Nor does it at all lessen that interest, that they are combined with his own theory of the natural prerogatives of soul itself; inasmuch as the point alone practically important, the necessity of an aid distinct from ordinary influences, remains unaffected by any hypothesis of that description. These demands, echoing from the inmost nature of the profoundest and purest of moral reflectors, have their own unalterable value, although Plato considered them required, not so much, indeed, to communicate new impressions, as to restore the native functions of the paralysed mind; to "teach" virtue, but to teach it by a Moyos Ocîos,—a supernal element regained; to teach it, not by conveying truths so much as renovating faculties, not so much by exhibiting objects before inconceivable, as by brightening the tarnished surface of the intellectual mirror, which then must, of its own accord, reflect the unchangeable images of virtue and of truth. CONTENTS. SERMON I. PRACTICAL USES OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF CHRIST'S COMING. PREACHED IN ADVENT, BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. 1 COR. i. 7. Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.. SERMON II. THE MYSTERY OF THE HOLY INCARNATION. PREACHED ON CHRISTMAS DAY. LUKE, i. 35. And the angel answered, and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy Thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. SERMON III. THE DAILY SELF-DENIAL OF CHRIST. A LENTEN SERMON. MATT. xvi. 24. If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 18 31 SERMON IV. 65 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high- minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, |