The Son of man is not come to deftroy men's lives, but to In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increafeth forrow. 288 300 On Retirement. Pfalm IV. 4. Stand in awe and fin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be ftill. SERMON On Angels. Hebrews 1. 14. XXXII. Are they not all miniftring spirits, fent forth to minifter for them who fhall be heirs of falvation? It is eafter for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. SERMON XXXIV. On Difquietude. Pfalm XLII. 14. Why art thou fo vexed, O my foul, and why art thou fo dif quieted with me? 310 321 332 344 SER SERMON On vifiting the Sick. Matthew xxII. 36. I was fick, and ye vifited me. SERMON On Prayer. Mark x. 38. XXXV. Page 355 XXXVI. Jefus faid unto them, ye know not what ye afk. SERMON 366 XXXVII. On Vanity. Ecclefiaftes II. I. I faid in my heart, go to now; I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure, and behold! this alfo is-Vanity. 378 On the Choice of Company, Pfalm XVIII. 25, 26. With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. If in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men most miferable. SERMON XL. On the Uncertainty of human Happiness. Proverbs XXVII. i. Bodft not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knoweft not what a day may bring forth. Proverbs XVI. 5. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to 387 400 410 the Lord. 421 SER SERMON On Unity XLII. Page Pfalm cxxxIII. I. Behold how good and joyful a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye fhall in no wife enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. SERMON On Vigilance. 2 Timothy IV. 5. Watch thou in all things. I Theffalonians v. 6. 431 441 450 XLV. Let us not fleep as do others, but let us watch and be fober. 458 Pfalm CXXXIX. 2. Thou art about my path, and about my bed, and spiest out all my ways. 467 Luke XII. I. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharifees, which is hypocrify. 477 SERMON XLIX. Page On Measure for Measure. Luke VI. 38. With the fame measure that ye mete withal, it fhall be mea 501 fured to you again. Matthew XXVI. 75. Peter remembered the words of Jefus, which faid unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice: and he went out, and wept bitterly. Luke XXIII. 43. Verily I fay unto thee, to-day fhalt thou be with me in Paradife. 511 521 SERMONS SERMONS O N VARIOUS SUBJECTS. ON THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH. SERMON I GENESIS XXXIX. 2. The Lord was with Jofeph. AMONGST all the noble and inftruc tive histories recorded in the Old Tef. tament, there is not perhaps one from whence fo much useful knowledge may be drawn, as from the narration now before us; wherein the circumstances are fo peculiarly interefting, the diftrefs fo exquifite, the efcapes fo miraculous, the confequences fo unexpected, and at the fame time fo defirable; the whole so feelingly and so pathetically described, as to merit our repeated notice, and to call for our perpetual admiration. I intend therefore to lay before you, as briefly as poffible, A the 1 |