On this account, brevity has been consulted, for if a sermon on such occasions, much exceed a quarter of an hour, the attention of the whole company can scarcely be kept up; nor is it much to be wondered at, when it is considered, that the most convenient hour, and that usually allotted for the sermon, immediately precedes bedtime. Utility being much more the aim of the writer, than to gain credit for originality, he has not scrupled to borrow freely from others, whatever appeared likely to promote this object. That these humble endeavours may, through the blessing of God, tend to excite in careless persons a greater veneration for his holy name, and a more earnest attention to their eternal interests, is the sincere prayer of THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. SERMON VII. EPHESIANS, VI. 5, 6, 7.—Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ: not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men. SERMON VIII. EPHESIANS, Iv. 31, 32.-Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you. SERMON IX. PHILIPPIANS, IV. 11.-I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. SERMON X. MATTHEW, VII. 7, 8.—Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. SERMON XI. ...... HEBREWS, XII. 14.—Without holiness shall no man Page 84 98 110 123 HEBREWS, IX. 27.-It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. 134 147 SERMON I. PSALM C. 3. THE LORD HE IS GOD, IT IS HE THAT HATH MADE US, AND NOT WE OURSELVES. Of all the important subjects that ever engaged the attention of mankind, that, of the existence of a God, is one of the most important. In it the dearest interests of every human being are involved; it is the foundation of all our true consolation in this world, and of all our hopes of happiness in the next. The endeavouring to prove, what surely, no man possessin common sense can doubt seems almost an idle waste of time; still, however clear, however self-evident, a pro On this account, brevity has been consulted, for if a sermon on such occasions, much exceed a quarter of an hour, the attention of the whole company can scarcely be kept up; nor is it much to be wondered at, when it is considered, that the most convenient hour, and that usually allotted for the sermon, immediately precedes bedtime. Utility being much more the aim of the writer, than to gain credit for originality, he has not scrupled to borrow freely from others, whatever appeared likely to promote this object. That these humble endeavours may, through the blessing of God, tend to excite in careless persons a greater veneration for his holy name, and a more earnest attention to their eternal interests, is the sincere prayer of THE AUTHOR. |