us of the ministry give heed to ourselves and to our flocks-let us give an anxious and diligent heed to their spiritual concerns. Let us all, but let the younger Clergy more especially, beware how they become secularized in the general cast and fashion of their lives. Let them not think it enough to maintain a certain frigid decency of character, abstaining from the gross scandal of open riot and criminal dissipation, but giving no farther attention to their spiritual duties than may be consistent with the pursuits and pleasures of the world."-" The time may come, sooner than we think, when it shall be said, Where is now the Church of England? Let us betimes take warning. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten, said our Lord to the church of Laodicea, whose worst crime it was, that she was neither hot nor cold; Be zealous, therefore, and repent. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches". "

6 Horsley's Sermons, vol. i. Sermon III.-One or two sentences of the above passage, which appeared to me less applicable to the immediate purpose of my discourse, have been omitted, as will be observed by the breaks.

DEATH.

TWO SERMONS,

OCCASIONED BY

The Death

OF THE

REV. RICHARD CECIL, M.A.

LATE

RECTOR OF BISLEY AND VICAR OF CHOBHAM, SURREY;

AND MINISTER OF

ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL, BEDFORD ROW, LONDON.

PREACHED AT THE ABOVE CHAPEL:

THE FIRST, ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 26,

THE SECOND, ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1810.

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: JESUS CHRIST, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.— HEB. xiii. 7.

SECOND EDITION.

SERMON,

&c.

REVELATION OF ST. JOHN, XIV. 13.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

DEATH, in every view of it, is a most solemn event. There is no topic which can be brought under the consideration of mortal and accountable beings, of such high importance. It is that event which will level for ever all the momentary distinctions of time, which will summon each of us to the tribunal of God, and will determine our everlasting happiness or misery. The religion of Jesus Christ can alone disarm death of its terrors. The doctrine of the cross can alone quiet the foreboding conscience, and open to