SERMONS

ON SEVERAL

Subjects and Occafions.

FORTY FOUR

Now published from the AUTHOR'S Manu-
fcripts, prepared for the Prefs by himself;
The firft Six having been separately printed
before.

By CHARLES WHEATLY, M. A.
late Vicar of Furneux-Pelham in Hartfordshire.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

Printed for C. DAVIS in Holbourn; C. HITCH in Pater-
nofter Row; and S. AUSTEN in Newgate-Street.

M DCC XLVI.

CONTENTS.

SERMON

I.

Chrift rifen from the Dead.

I COR. xv. 20.

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now is Chrift rifen from the Dead,

and become the Firft-Fruits of them

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BUT no

that flept.

SERMON

II.

Christ the First-Fruits of them that slept.

I COR. xv. 20.

But now is Chrift rifen from the Dead, and be

come the Firft-Fruits of them that flept. 19

SERMON

III.

The Purification of MARY, and the Presen-

tation of Jesus in the Temple.

LUKE ii. 22, 23, 24.

When the Days of her Purification, according

to the Law of Mofes, were accomplished,

they brought him to Jerufalem, to present

him to the Lord, (As it is written in the

Law of the Lord, Every Male that open-

eth the Womb fhall be called Holy unto the

Lord) And to offer a Sacrifice according to

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that

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that which is faid in the Law of the Lord,

A Pair of Turtle-Doves, or, two young

Pigeons.

48

SERMON IV.

The ISRAELITE without Guile.

JOHN i. 47.

·Behold an Ifraelite indeed, in whom is no

Guile.

75

SERMON V.

St MATTHEW called from the Receipt of

Cuftom.

MATT. ix. 9.

And as Jefus paffed forth from thence, he faw

a Man named Matthew, fitting at the Re-

ceipt of Custom: And he faith unto him,

Follow me,
and be arofe and followed him. 103

SERMON VI.

The Fall of JUDAS, and Election of MAT-

THIAS.

ACTS i. 23, 24, 25, 26.

And they appointed two, Jofeph called Barfa-

bas (who was furnamed Juftus) and Mat-

thias. And they prayed and faid, Thou

Lord, which knoweft the Hearts of all Man,

fhew whether of these two thou hast chofen.

That be may take Part of this Miniftry and

Apostleship,

Apoflefhip, from which Judas by Tranf

greffion fell, that he might go to his own

Place. And they gave forth their Lots;

and the Lot fell upon Matthias, and he was

numbered with the eleven Apoftles.
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SERMON VII.

The Existence of Angels.

HEBREWS i. 14.

Are they not all miniftring Spirits, fent forth

to minifter for them, who shall be Heirs

of Salvation?

155

SERMON

VIII,

The Nature, &c. of Angels.

HEBREWS i. 7.

And of the Angels he faith, Who maketh his

Angels Spirits, and his Minifters a Flame

of Fire.

177

SERMON IX.

Angels God's Minifters for the Heirs of

Salvation.

HEBREWS i. 14.

Are they not all miniftring Spirits, fent

forth to minifter for them who shall be Heirs

of Salvation?

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