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On the Unchangeableness of the
Divine Nature.
JAMES, i. 17. Every good and every per-
fect gift is from above, and cometh down
from the Father of Lights, with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow of
turning.
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SERMON V.
On the Compassion of Christ.
[Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper.]
HEBREWS, iv. 15.
We have not an High
Priest which cannot be touched with the
feelings of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without
sin.
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SERMON VI.
On the Love of Praise.
JOHN, xii. 43. For they loved the praise
of men more than the praise of God. 138
SERMON
VII.
On the proper Estimate of Human
Life.
ECCLESIASTES, xii. 8. Vanity of vanities,
saith the Preacher, all is vanity.
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SERMON VIII.
On Death.
PSALM Xxiii. 4. Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort
me.
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SERMON IX.
On the Happiness of a Future State.
[Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper.]
REVELAT. vii. 9.
After this I beheld,
and, lo! a great
multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
before
before the throne, and before the Lamb,
cloathed with white robes, and palms in
their hands.
SERMON X.
On Candour.
I CORINTH. xiii. 5.
evil.
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Charity-thinketh no
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SERMON XI.
On the Character of Joseph.
GENESIS, xlv. 5. 8. Now therefore be
not grieved nor angry with yourselves that
ye sold me hither; for God did send me
before you to preserve life. So now it
was not you that sent me hither but God.
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SERMON XII.
On the Character of Hazael.
2 KINGS, viii. 12, 13 And
why weepeth my Lord?
Hazael said,
And be an-
swered
swered, Because I know the evil that thou
wilt do unto the children of Israel. Their
strong bolds wilt thou set on fire, and
their young men wilt thou slay with the
sword, and wilt dash their children, and
rip up their women with child. And
Hazael said, But what, is thy servant
a dog that he should do this great thing?
And Elisha answered, The Lord hath
shewed me that thou shalt be
king over
Syria.
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SERMON XIII.
On the Benefits to be derived from the
the House of Mourning.
and the living will
ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better
to go to the house of mourning, than to
go to the house of feasting; for that is
the end of all men,
lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than
laughter; for by the sadness of the counte-
nance the heart is made better. The heart
of the wise is in the house of mourning;
but the heart of fools is in the house of
mirth.
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XIV.
On the Divine Government of the
Passions of Men.
PSALM IXXVI. 10. Surely the wrath of man
shall praise thee; the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restrain.
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SERMON XV.
On the Importance of Religious Know-
ledge to Mankind.
[Preached before, the Society in Scotland for Propagating
Christian Knowledge.]
ISAIAH, xi. 9. They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain; for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
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