................. Considerations on the Life and Death of Abel Considerations on the Life and Translation of Enoch......... 128 .... ....... Considerations on the nativity of St. John, and the circumstances 蘑 Considerations on the imprisonment of St. John, the message sent Summary of Mr. Hume's doctrines ......................................... Letter Introductory Fall-Cherubim Pentateuch Representations of the Deity-Light before the 415 446 453 Prophecy, and New Testament-Name of Christ-Nature of his Kingdom-Thirty Pieces of Silver-Division of Christ's Gar- ments by Lot-Differences of Divines-Revelation of St. John -Genealogy of Christ-Voice from Heaven at Christ's Bap- tism-Slaughter of the Infants by Herod-End of the World- Fig Tree-Grain of Wheat-Elias-Spurious Gospels-Li- A Charge intended to have been delivered to the Clergy of Norwich DISCOURSES, &c. DISCOURSE I. THE BLESSED EFFECTS OF PERSEVERANCE. 2 THESSALONIANS, III. 13. Be not weary in well doing. THE honour of being thus called to plead the cause of a Society, whose reputation must run coeval with that of religion and virtue, is somewhat qualified by the consideration, that the subject has been already treated by so many persons of superior eminence and ability. The motives that have place in compositions of other kinds, can have none here; since in vain would it be for the preacher to hope, that he shall be able either to invent new matter, or polish the old into new beauty and lustre. Discouraging, however, as this reflection may at first sight appear, it affords no solid reason why such anniversaries should be discontinued or slighted. Successive generations of men require successive information; and the same men, though they may want to be informed but once, may want often to be VOL. IV. B |
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