SELECT

SERMONS,

DELIVERED ON

VARIOUS OCCASIONS,

FROM

IMPORTANT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.

BY HOSEA BALLOU, PASTOR OF THE SECOND UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY IN BOSTON.

BOSTON: :
MARSH, CAPEN, AND LYON.

1832.

CONTENT $.

SERMON I.

. IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS

THE JUDGMENT.

fiebix. 27, 28.-And as it is appointed unto men

once to die, but after this the judgment ; so Christ

was once offered to bear the sins of many ; and

unto them that look for him shall he appear the sec-

ond time, without sin unto salvation. - - - - 9

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SERMON II.

CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE.

Heb. xii. 2.- Looking unto Jesus, the author and fin-

isher of our faith ; who, for the joy that was set

before him, endured the cross, despising the shame,

and is set down at the right hand of the throne of

God. - - - - - - - - -.

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SERMON III.

RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.

St. Luke xvi. 1931.-_There was a certain rich man,

which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and far-

ed sumptuously every day. And there was a certain

beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate

full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs

that fell from the rich man's table : moreover the

dogs came and licked his sores.-And it came to

pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the

angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also

died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his

eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar

off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ' And he cried and

said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and

send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger

in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented

in this flane. But Abraham said, Son, remember

that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things,

and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is

comforted, and thou art tormented. And, beside

all this, between us and you there is a great gulf

fixed : so that they which would pass from hence

to you cannot : neither can they pass to us that

would come from thence. Then he said, I pray

thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him

to my father's house, for I have five brethren ; that

he may testify unto them, lest they also come into

this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him,

they have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear

them. And he said, nay, father Abraham : but if

one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and

the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though

one rose from the dead. - - - - - - - -

SERMON IV.

FALSE TEACHERS COMPARED TO Foxes.

Ezek. xiii. 4.–0 Israel, thy prophets are like the

foxes in the desert. . - - - - - - - - -

SERMON V.

MEN REWARDED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS IN THE PRES-

ENT LIFE.

1 Peter iii. 10, 11.–For he that will love life and see

good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and

his lips that they speak no guile : let him eschew

evil and do good, let him seek peace and ensue it. 62

SERMON VI.

THE SINNER MEETS WITH DESERVED PUNISHMENT.

1 Peter iv. 17, 18.-For the time is come that judgment

must begin at the house of God; and if it first be-

gin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey

not the gospel of God ? And if the righteous

scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and

sinner appear ? . - - - - - - - - - -

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