Sermons on Several Occasions

I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with
all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;
endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is
one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One
Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all, Ephesians iv, 1–6

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SERMON LXXXIV.—On Dissipation.

that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction, 1 Corinth-

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SERMON LXXXV.—On Friendship with the World.

Yo adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is

enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, desireth to be a friend of the world,

is an enemy of God, James iv, 4

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SERMON LXXXVI.-In what Sense we are to leave the World.

Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not

the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

And I will be to you a Father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the

Lord Almighty, 2 Corinthians vi, 17, 18

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SERMON LXXXVII.-On Temptation.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: And God is

faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will

with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ve may be able to bear it,

1 Corinthians x, 13

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SERMON LXXXVIII.-On Patience.

Let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting

nothing, James i, 4

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SERMON LXXXIX.-The Important Question.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Matthew xvi, 26

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SERMON XC.-On Working out our own Salvation.

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God that work-

eth in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure, Phil. ii, 12, 13

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SERMON XCI.-A Call to Backsliders.

Will the Lord absent himself for ever? and will he be no more entreated?

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? and is his promise come utterly to an end for

evermore? Psalm lxxvii, 7, 8

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SERMON XCII.-The Danger of Riches.

They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and

hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition, 1 Timothy

vi, 9

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SERMON XCIII.-On Dress.

Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of.... wearing of gold, or

of putting on of apparel.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even

the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great

price, 1 Peter iii, 3, 4

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SERMON XCIV.-The More Excellent Way.

Covet earnestly the best gifts; and yet I show unto you a more excellent way,

1 Corinthians xii, 31

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SERMON XCV.-An Israelite indeed.

Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile, John i, 47

SERMON XCVII.-On Zeal.

It is good to be always zealously affected in a good thing, Galatians iv, 18
SERMON XCVIII.-On Redeeming the Time.
Redeeming the time, Ephesians v, 16

SERMON XCVI.-On Charity.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am

become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all

knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have

not charity, I am nothing.

SERMON XCIX.-On Family Religion.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, Joshua xxiv, 15

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and give my body to be

burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing, 1 Cor. xiii, 1–3.

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SERMON CI.-On Obedience to Parents.

Children, obey your parents in all things, Colossians iii, 20

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SERMON C.-On the Education of Children.

Train up a child in the way wherein he should go, and when he is old he will not

depart from it, Proverbs xxii, 6

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SERMON CII.-On Obedience to Pastors.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they

watch over your souls, as they that shall give account, that they may do

this with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you, Hebrews

xiii, 17

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SERMON CIII.-On Visiting the Sick.

I was sick, and ye visited me, Matthew xxv, 36

SERMON CIV.-The Reward of the Righteous.

Preached before the Humane Society.

Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

foundation of the world, Matthew xxv, 34

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SERMON CV.-On Pleasing all Men.

Let every man please his neighbour for his good to edification, Romans xv, 2 344

SERMON CVI.-The Duty of Constant Communion.

Do this in remembrance of me, Luke xxii, 19

SERMON CVII.-On Former Times.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these?

For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this, Ecclesiastes vii, 10.

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SERMON CIX.-On Attending the Church Service.
The sin of the young men was very great, 1 Samuel ii, 17

SERMON CVIII.—On, What is Man?

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which⚫

thou hast ordained; what is man? Psalm viii, 3, 4

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What is man? Psalm viii, 4

SERMON CX.-On Conscience.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, 2 Corinthians i, 12

SERMON CXI.-On Faith.

Without faith it is impossible to please him, Hebrews xi, 6

SERMON CXIV.-On, What is man?

SERMON CXV.-On the Discoveries of Faith.
Now faith is the evidence of things not seen, Hebrews xi, 1

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SERMON CXII-On God's Vineyard.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?

Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth

wild grapes? Isaiah v, 4

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SERMON CXVI.—On the Omnipresence of God.
Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord, Jeremiah xxiii, 24

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SERMON CXIII.-On Riches.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to

enter into the kingdom of God, Matthew xix, 24

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SERMON CXVII.-The Rich Man and Lazarus.

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though

one rose from the dead, Luke xvi, 31

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SERMON CXVIII.-The Difference between Walking by Sight, and Walking

by Faith.

We walk by faith, not by sight, 2 Corinthians v,

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SERMON CXIX.—On the Unity of the Divine Being.

There is one God, Mark xii, 32

SERMON CXX.-Causes of the Inefficacy of Christianity.

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is not the

health of the daughter of my people recovered? Jeremiah viii, 22

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SERMON CXXI.—On Knowing Christ after the Flesh.

Henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we did know Christ

after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more, 2 Corinthians

V, 16

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SERMON CXXVI.—On Worldly Folly.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, Luke xii, 20

SERMON CXXII.-On a Single Eye.

If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be

evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. Therefore if the light that is in

thee be darkness, how great is that darkness, Matthew vi, 22, 23

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SERMON CXXVI.—On Faith.

Now faith is the evidence of things not seen, Hebrews xi, 1

SERMON CXXIV. ~On the Wedding Garment.

How camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? Matt. xxii, 12 455

SERMON CXXV.—Human Life a Dream.

Even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou make their image to vanish

out of the city, Psalm lxxiii, 20

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SERMON CXXVIII.—The Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels

We have this treasure in earthen vessels, 2 Corinthians iv, 7

SERMON CXXIX.-On Living without God.

Without God in the world, Ephesians ii, 12

SERMON CXXX.-On the Danger of Increasing Riches.

If riches increase, set not your heart upon them, Psalm lxii, 10

SERMON CXXXI.—True Christianity Defended.

How is the faithful city become a harlot, Isaiah i, 21

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SERMON CXXVII.—On the Deceitfulness of the Human Heart.
The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can
know it? Jeremiah xvii, 9

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