ample sketch of the proposition you would enforce, the arguments by which you would support it, and the inferences you would desire to deduce from it; and your plain and simple address, when delivered in the manner I have described, will be abundantly blessed by Him, who is ever present with the ministers and the people of His Church. Most sincerely wishing you all the happiness which the consolations of Christianity, or the circumstances

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE RESIGNATION OF THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM A PROOF

OF THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

[Preached in the Cathedral, Durham, on Trinity Sunday.]

1 CORINTHIANS XV. 24. 28.

Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the

kingdom to God, even the Father, when He shall have

put down all rule, and all authority, and power. And

when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall

the Son also himself be subject unto Him, that put all

things under Him, that God may be all in all

SERMON II.

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ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH OTHER IN A FUTURE STATE.

2 KINGS Xii. 22, 23.

And David said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted,

and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be

gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is

dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back

again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me••

SERMON III.

HISTORY OF JONAH.

JONAH i. 17.

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up

Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days

and three nights

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you

And now I exhort to be of good cheer; for there shall

be no loss of any man's life among you.

shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,

And as the

Paul said to

the centurion, and to the soldiers, Except these abide in

the ship ye cannot be saved

SERMON V.

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RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE.

[Preached before the Sons of the Clergy, at Durham

September 4, 1828.]

1 CORINTHIANS ix. 16.

For though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory

of: for necessity is laid upon me: yea, woe is unto me, if

I preach not the Gospel

SERMON VII.

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THE ETERNITY OF FUTURE PUNISHMENT PROVED FROM

THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN MIND.

LUKE XVI. 25, 26.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time

receivedst thy good things.—And besides all this, between

us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which

pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they

pass to us, that would come from thence...

would

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SERMON VIII.

CREATION, PRESERVATION, AND DESTRUCTION OF THE

WORLD.

GENESIS i. 1.

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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.... 111

SERMON IX.

THE GREATNESS OF GOD NO ARGUMENT AGAINST HIS PRO-

VIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD IN THE LESSER

AFFAIRS OF LIFE.

PSALM cxlvii. part of the first four verses.

Praise ye the Lord. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem.

He healeth the broken in heart. He telleth the number

of the stars, He calleth them all by their names

SERMON X.

THE FALL, PUNISHMENT, AND RESTORATION OF MAN.

GENESIS iii. 4.

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The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.. 143

SERMON XI.

THE FORGIVENESS OF THE PENITENT THIEF, AN ASSERTION

OF HIS DIVINITY BY OUR LORD, IN THE LOWEST STATE

OF HIS HUMILIATION.

LUKE xxiii. 42, 43.

He said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when Thou comest

into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say

unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise

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SERMON XII.

RECONCILIATION OF OPPOSITE OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT

OF REGENERATION.

JOHN iii. 5-7.

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Ye must be born again. Except a man be born of water,

and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God 172

SERMON XIII.

THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL.

ACTS xxii. 6, 7.

And it came to pass, that as I made my journey, and was

come nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there

shone from heaven a great light round about me. And

I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me

-Saul-Saul-why persecutest thou me? And I an-

swered, who art thou, Lord ?—And He said unto me, I

am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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SERMON XIV.

THE BIRTH OF CHRIST-CHRIST THE GOVERNOR OF THE

WORLD AND OF THE CHURCH.

[Preached at Northallerton, on Christmas Day, 1828.]

ISAIAH ix. 6.

Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the go-

vernment shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall

be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the

Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace....

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