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SERMON XXXIV.

Friendly Societies Substitutes for parochial Assessments.

Galatians vi. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens; and so fulfil the law of Christ.-Never before printed in a volume.

SERMON XXXV.

For a Charity Sermon.

Job xxix, 15, 16. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame-I was a Father to the poor.-Never before printed in a volume.

SERMON XXXVI.

- For a Sunday School.

Psalm cxii. 18. This shall be written for those that come after, and the people that shall be born shall praise the Lord.-Never before printed in a volume.

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SERMON XXXVII.

An Infirmary Sermon.

Matt. xxv. 35. I was an bungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in-Never before printed.

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A Sermon for a Lunatic. Asylum.

Mark v. 15. And they come to Jesus, and see bim that was possessed with the devil and had the Legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind. DR. SCOTT.Never before printed in a volume.

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SERMON XXXIX.

On Psalmody.

1 Chrom. xvi. 23. Sing unto the Lord all the Earth, shew forth from day to day his Salvation. -Never before printed in a volume.

SERMON XL.

A Fast Sermon.

Ezekiel, xviii. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.-DR. SCOTT.-Never before printed in a volume,

SERMON XLI

Before the Sons of the Clergy.

Psalm cxxii. 8, 9. For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within thee, &c.-DR. ST. JOHN.

SERMON XLII.

A Visitation Sermon.

1 Cor. iii. 8, 9. Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.-For we are laborers together with God.-Never before published.

SERMON XLIII.

The Duty and Advantages of Pastoral Visits. Acts xx. 20. I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and taught you publicly, and from house to bouse.-Never before printed.

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SERMON XLIV.

The Communion to be enforced by the Clergy.

Page John vi. 53, 54. Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, bath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.-Never before printed in a volume.

SERMON XLV.

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How far Methodism conduces to the Interests of Christianity, and the Welfare of Society.

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.Never before printed in a volume.

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SERMON I.

ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

THIS Festival is celebrated in memory of St. Andrew, whe was first of all a disciple of St. John the Baptist: but learn. ing from his master that he was not the Messias; and hearing him say upon the sight of our Saviour-" Behold the "Lamb of God," he left the Baptist, and became our Lord's Disciple. (John i. 40.) And being convinced himself of our Saviour's divine mission, by conversing with Him some time at the place of His abode, he finds out his bro ther Simon, whom afterwards our Lord sirnamed Peter, telling him he had found the Messias. (v. 41.) After our Lord's ascension, when the Apostles distributed themselves to preach the Gospel to the different parts of the world, the province which came to St. Andrew's share, was the northern part of the then known world, which was called by the name of Scythia. Afterwards he came back, and preached the Gospel in Epirus. The modern Greeks are very particular in relating the acts of his apostleship. They tell us that the Apostles casting lots for their mission, St. Andrew's was, to preach in Cappadocia, Galatia, and Bithynia: after this he penetrated the coasts of the Anthropophagi, going up to both sides of the Euxine sea, even to the most solitary parts of Scythia, and the very bounds of the north: afterwards travelling backward, he preached in the country about Byzantium-afterwards named Constantinople-gaVOL. III.

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ing through Thrace, Macedonia, and Achaia; in which pro vinces he continued a long time preaching the Gospel, and confirming it with great miracles. At last he glorified God by his martyrdom, being crucified at Egea-where he last preached-by the Proconsul of the place, a great bigot to the heathen superstition. He was tied to the cross after his scourging, and not nailed, as the usual way was, that his death might be the more lingering. He shewed a wonderful esignation and alacrity under his sufferings, being pleased that he should undergo the same death as his Blessed Master did.

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ROM. X. 5

How shall they preach except they be sent ?

F at any time since the first preaching of the Gos pel, it were allowable for a minister of Christ tơ assert the high dignity of his calling, and with the holy Apostle St. Paul " to magnify his office;" surely it is so, and more than so, at this day. If in any age it was seasonable, in this it is necessary. That the latter days shall be times of infidelity and departure from the Faith, that there shall be scoffers at the Gospel, and mockers walking after their own ungodly lusts, we have the assurance of the Apostles, St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Jude. Since, therefore, these things have been foretold by the unerring Spirit of God, we know that offences must come, but "Wo unto them by "whom they come !" Yea, wo unto them who do not use their utmost endeavor to put a stop to their farther encrease and progress when they do, come ! I shall, therefore, for your edification, shew how sacred

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