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On the Nature, the Effects, and the Rewards
of Conftancy and Perseverance in Religion.
I CORINTHIANS Xv. 58.
My beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, and unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as ye know
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
that
203
SERMON
VIII.
On the Progreffive Nature of Religion in the
Soul.
PROVERBS iv. 18.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
223
The same text as that of the preceding discourse.
274
On the Happiness of a Mind open to the con-
viction of Truth, and attached to Duty.
PROVERBS XXX. 7, 8, 9.
Two things have I required of thee; deny me not them before
I die. Remove far from me vanity, and lies: give me.
neither poverty, nor riches: feed me with food convenient
for me: lest I be full and say, who is the Lord? or lest I
be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in
vain.
SERMON XIII.
325
On the Temptations and Dangers of Opulence,
and Exalted Station.
PROVERBS XXx. 8. 9.
Give me neither poverty, nor riches: feed me with food con-
venient for me; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who
is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name
of my God in vain.
250
On the Temptations and Dangers of Poverty;
On the Happiness of the Middle Condition
of Life; with inferences from the whole
fubject.
The same text with that of the preceding Discourse. 377
Thus saith the Lord; let not the wise man glory in his wis-
dom; nor the mighty mạn glory in his might; let not the
rich man glory in his riches. But, let him, that glorieth,
glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me, that
I am the Lord, which exercise loving kindness, judgment,
and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I de-
light, saith the Lord.
SERMON XVII.
On Humility.
MATTHEW Xxiii. 12.
He that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
SERMON XVIII.
423
446
On the unfailing Nature of Charity, as a Mo-
tive to cultivate it.
[Preached August 22th 1798, for behoof of a Society in-
stituted for the Relief of the Sick Poor, and entitled,
The Sick Man's Friend.]
Charity
never
I CORINTHIANS xiii. 8.
faileth.
467
ERRATA.
In a few copies of the Contents
P. x. 1. 3 from top, for 269, read 299.
Ibid, 1. 6. from bottom, for 250, read 350.
In the Book,
P. 171, 1. 13 from bottom, for profanity, read profaneness.
194, l. 11 from bottom, for corporeal, read corporal.
207, 1. 6 from bottom, for sures, read pleasures.
353, 1. 3 from bottom, for specfies, read specifies.
379, 1. 8 from bottom, for corporeal, tead corporal.
391, 1. I at top, for corporeal, read corporal.
414, 1. 6 from bottom, dele near.