PREACHED IN THE PARISH CHURCH

OF

ST. BOTOLPH BISHOPSGATE.

BY

CHARLES JAMES BLOMFIELD, D.D.

RECTOR,

NOW BISHOP OF LONDON.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET ;
C. J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO PLACE; AND HATCHARD

AND SON, PICCADILLY.

20.7.1897) VYBRARY

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. CLAY, BREAD-STREET-HILL.

TO THE

PARISHIONERS OF ST. BOTOLPH'S BISHOPSGATE

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

BY THEIR FAITHFUL FRIEND AND PASTOR

AS A MEMORIAL

OF HIS MINISTRY AMONGST THEM

AS A RECORD OF HIS THANKFULNESS TO HIM

WHO INCLINED THEM TO HEAR THE WORD WITH AFFECTION

AND

AS AN EVIDENCE OF HIS CONTINUED DESIRE

TO PROMOTE THEIR SPIRITUAL WELFARE.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

A GODLY DISPOSITION NECESSARY TO THE HEARING OF

THE WORD.

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John viii. 47.-He that is of God, heareth God's words; ye

therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. ...

SERMON II.

INFIDELITY CAUSED BY IGNORANCE AND UNGODLINESS.

1 Tim. i. 19.—Holding faith and a good conscience: which some

having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck . . 20

SERMON III.

THE MYSTERIOUSNESS OF SOME PARTS OF A DIVINE

REVELATION NO GROUND OF OBJECTION.

Matt. xi. 27.—No man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither

knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whom-

.soever the Son will reveal him . . . . . . . . . . . 37

SERMON IV.

THE HELP OF THE SPIRIT.

Rom. viii. 26. — Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities :

for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the

Spirit itself maketh intercession for us, with groanings which

cannot be uttered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SERMON V.

THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

1 Cor. xii. 4-6.—Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same

Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the

same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is

the same God, which worketh all in all . . . . . . . . 75