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CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME V.

SERMON I.

[Preached before the University of Oxford on Act Sunday,

July 8, 1733.]

DEUTERONOMY XXXII. 46, 47.

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I

your

testify among you this day; which ye shall command

children to observe to do, all the words of this law.-For it is not

a vain thing for you: because it is your life; and through this

thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over

Jordan to possess it •

SERMON II.

[Preached on the 30th of January, 1753-4.]

ISAIAH XXVI. 9.

When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the

world will learn righteousness

SERMON III.

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[Preached November 27, 1737, on the Death of Queen Caroline.]

ECCLES. VII. 4.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning...

SERMON IV.

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[Preached before the Lord Mayor, &c. on Easter Monday, 1738.]

1 PETER IV. 10.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one

to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God

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CONTENTS.

SERMON V.

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[Preached before the House of Lords, on the 29th of May, 1739.]

PSALM CVI. 12, 13.

Then believed they his words, they sang his praise: they soon

forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel

SERMON VI.

[Preached before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel

in Foreign Parts, February 20, 1740-1.]

MARK VI. 34.

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And Jesus, when he came out, san much people; and was moved

with compassion towards them, because they were as sheep not

having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.. 88

SERMON VII.

[Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Charity Schools,

May 5, 1743.]

ROMANS XIV. 16.

Let not then your good be evil spoken of

SERMON VIII.

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[Preached on Occasion of the Earthquake, March 8, 1749-50.]

PSALM II. 11.

Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice unto him with reverence

SERMON IX.

.. 154

[Preached December 30, 1750, on resigning the Rectory of

St. James, Westminster.]

2 COR. XIII. 11.

Finally, brethren, farewell .........

SERMON X.

[Preached before the Governors of the London Hospital,

February 20, 1754.]

ROMANS XII. 8.

178

-He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity: he that ruleth, with ̧

diligence: he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness........ 198

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SERMON XI.

[Preached at the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Societies,

December 4, 1754.]

MALACHI III. 16.

Then they, that feared the Lord, spake often one to another: and

the Lord hearkened, and heard it; and a book of Remembrance

was written before him, for them that feared the Lord, and that

thought upon his name • •

SERMON XII.

221

[Preached before the Society for Promoting English Protestant

Working-Schools in Ireland, April 27, 1757.

PROVERBS IX. 6.

Forsake the foolish, and live: and go in the way of understanding 245

SERMON XIII,

[Preached on the 5th of November, 1758.]

JOHN XVI. 2, 3.

They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh,

that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God service.

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not

known the Father, nor me

SERMON XIV.

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[Preached October 25, 1761, being the Anniversary of his

Majesty's Accession.]

TITUS III. 1, 2,

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey

magistrates; to be ready to every good work: To speak evil of

no man; to be no brawlers, but gentle; shewing all meekness

unto all men

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Eight Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Dioceses of

Oxford and Canterbury, viz.

The Bishop of Oxford's Charge to his Clergy in the

year 1738

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1750

1753

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge to his Clergy in the

Instructions given to Candidates for Orders after their

subscribing the Articles

Oratio quam coram Synodo Provinciæ Cantuariensis anno 1761

convocatá habendam scripserat, sed morbo præpeditus non

habuit, Archiepiscopus...

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