ON

VARIOUS PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE;

BEING

THE SUBSTANCE OF SERMONS

PREACHED BY THE LATE

REV. RICHARD CECIL, A.M.

Never before Published.

TAKEN DOWN BY SOME OF HIS HEARERS,

AND NOW EDITED

BY CATHARINE CECIL.

SECOND EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGE D.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

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M DCCC LI.

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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

Third Series.

SERMONS CHIEFLY ON DOCTRINAL SUBJECTS.

I. THE LETTER THAT KILLETH.

For the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.—2 Cor. iii. 6. [H.—1806.]

II.-CHRIST, THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER.

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In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.-JOHN Vii. 37.

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III.-CHRIST, THE CORNER-STONE.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation

a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that

believeth shall not make haste.—Isaiah xxviii. 16. . . [C.—1796.] 17

IV. THE SAVING EFFECT OF OBSERVING CHRIST'S

SAYING.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never

see death.-JOHN viii. 51.

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V.-REGENERATION.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a

kind of first-fruits of his creatures.-JAMES i. 18. [H.-Date uncertain.] 30

VI. CHRISTIANITY A HOLY RELIGION.

But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness.-

OBADIAH, ver. 17.

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VII. THE STRONG MAN ARMED.

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but

when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he

taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his

spoils.-LUKE xi. 21, 22.

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