SERMONS,

ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR

A COUNTRY CONGREGATION.

JECA

BY THE

REV. CORNELIUS IVES,

RECTOR OF BRADDEN, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AND

LATE OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.

OXFORD,

PRINTED BY S. COLLINGWOOD, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY,

FOR THE AUTHOR ;

SOLD BY J. H. PARKER ; AND MESSRS. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S

CHURCHYARD AND WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXII.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

The Former and the New Heavens and Earth.

Isaiah lxv. 17.

Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth : and the for-

mer shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. .. P. I.

SERMON II.

God is to be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth.

John iv. 23, 24.

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall

worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father

seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they

that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

P. 17.

SERMON III.

The Patriarchs Objects of the Divine Favour.

HEBREWS xi. 16.

Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God. P. 32.

SERMON IV.

The Complaint of Moses.

EXODUS V. 23.

Neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all.

P. 48.

SERMON V.

The Unbelief af St. Thomas.

John XX. 24•

Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them

P. 63

when Jesus came.

SERMON VII.

On Repentance.

LUKE xiii. 5.

Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. ...... P. 94.

SERMON VIII.

The Divine Wisdom exemplified and explained.

LUKE vii. 35.

P. III.

But wisdom is justified of all her children. .....

SERMON IX.

Christian Liberty-the abuse, and use of it.

GALATIANS V. 13.

Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not li-

berty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one

another..

SERMON X.

The Agony of Jesus Christ in the Garden.

MATTHEW xxvi. 36, 37.

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,

P. 127