TO

THE RIGHT REVEREND

AND REVEREND

THE HEADS OF COLLEGES

IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

THÉ

FOLLOWING:SERMONS,

PREACHED BY THEIR APPOINTMENT,

ARE RESPECTFULLY

INSCRIBED.

Jan. 9, 1815.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

Introductory Observations on Religious Contro-

versy. Necessity of adhering to some general

Principles of Scripture-Interpretation. Plan

of the ensuing Discourses.

Titus i. 9.

Holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught,

that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort

and to convince the gainsqyers.

SERMON JL.

Dispositions and Qualifications previously re-

quisite in the Interpreter of Scripture.

JOHN vii. 17.

If any man will do. His will, he shall know of the doc-

trine, whether it be of God.

SERMON III.

Authority of Scripture as the Rule of Faith and

the Interpreter of its own Doctrines.

1 Peter iv. 11.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God.

SERMON IV.

Continuation of the same Subject, with reference

to other means necessary for the Interpretation

of Scripture, in subordination to Scripture it-

self.

1 Peter iv. 11.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God.

SERMON V.

Analysis of Scripture. Fundamental Truths.

Distinctions respecting the several Dispensa-

tions of Revealed Religion. Various Subject-

matter of the Sacred Writings. Different Oc-

casions and: Pärposos: for which they were

:

composed.

MOTHY ii. 15.

Rugħiny abilding the word of truth.

SERMON VI.

Analogy of Faith. Systematic Arrangements of

Scripture-Truth. Attention to Verbal, Histori-

cal, and Doctrinal Analogies indispensably ne-

cessary. Errors arising from the neglect of

them.