SERMONS

ON SEVERAL

4

Subjects and Occafions.

FORTY FOUR

Now published from the AUTHOR'S Manu-
scripts, prepared for the Press by himself:
The first 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.

BODI LIBR

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CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

Christ risen from the Dead.

ICOR. XV. 20.

BUT now is Chrift rifen from the Dead,

and become the First-Fruits of them

that flept.

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SERMON II.

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Christ the First-Fruits of them that slept.

I COR. xv. 20.

But now is Christ risen from the Dead, and be-

come the First-Fruits of them that slept. 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 Jerusalem, to present

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

Law of the Lord, Every Male that open-

eth the Womb shall be called Holy unto the

Lord) And to offer a Sacrifice according to

that

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that which is faid in the Law of the Lord,

A Pair of Turtle-Doves, or, two young

And as Jefus passed forth from thence, be faw

a Man named Matthew, fitting at the Re-

ceipt of Custom: And he faith unto bim,

Follow me, and be arose 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 Justus) and Mat-

thias. And they prayed and faid, Thou

Lord, which knowest the Hearts of all Man,

hew whether of these two thou hast chosen.

That be may take Part of this Ministry and

Apostleship,

Apostleship, from which Judas by Trans-

gression 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 Apostles.

SERMON VII.

The Existence of Angels.

HEBREWS i. 14.

131

Are they not all ministring Spirits, fent forth

to minister for them, who shall be Heirs

of Salvation?

SERMON VIII.

The Nature, &c. of Angels.

HEBREWS i. 7.

155

And of the Angels he faith, Who maketh his

Angels Spirits, and his Ministers a Flame

of Fire.

SERMON ΙΧ.

177

Angels God's Minifters for the Heirs of

Salvation.

HEBREWS i. 14.

Are they not all ministring Spirits, fent

forth to minister for them who shall be Heirs

of Salvation?

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