SERMON VIII.

On the advantages of an academical education.

Preached before the University of Cambridge, on Commencement-Sunday, July 5, 1767.

TITUS ii. 6. Young men likewife exhort to be fober-minded.

A ferious and devout obfervation of the Lord's Day enforced.

Preached at St. James's Chapel, March 18, 1781.

DEUT. V. 12. Keep the Sabbath-day, to fanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

SERMON X.

The doctrine of Christ crucified no just cause of offence to unbelievers.

Preached at St. James's Chapel, March 24, 1782. I COR. i. 22, 23, 24. The Jews require a fign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a ftumbling

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ftumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishnefs; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Chrift the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

SERMON

XI.

The neceffity of national reformation.

Preached before the Lords fpiritual and temporal, on the general faft, Feb. 10, 1779.

JEREMIAH Xviii. part of 11th verfe. Thus faith the Lord, Behold I frame evil against you. Return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

SERMON XII.

Christianity vindicated from the charge of cruelty.

MATTH. X. 34.

to fend peace on peace, but a fword.

Think not that I am come earth; I came not to fend

SERMON

The pacific and benevolent temper of the

Christian religion, proved from scripture

and from facts.

Preached at Lambeth Chapel, Dec. 23, 1764.

LUKE ii. 14.

On earth peace, good-will to-

wards men.

SERMON

XIV.

An immoderate love of diverfions inconfift-

ent with the duties of a Chriftian.

Preached at St. James's Chapel, Feb. 10, 1771.

2 Tim. iii. 4. Lovers of pleasures more than

lovers of God.

SERMON XV. XVI.

Univerfal obedience to the laws of Christ ne-

ceffary to falvation.

Enlarged from one fermon, preached at St. James's

Chapel, Feb. 15, 1775.

JAMES ii. 10. Whosoever shall keep the whole

law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty

of all.

SERMON

SERMON XVII.

The civilization, improvement, and conver-
fion of the Negroe-flaves in the British
iflands recommended.

Preached before the Incorporated Society for the
propagation of the Gofpel in foreign parts,
February 23, 1783.

LUKE iv. 17, 18, 19, 20. And there was
delivered unto him the book of the prophet
Efaias; and when he had opened the book,
be found the place wherein it was written,
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
hath appointed me to preach the Gospel to the
poor; he hath fent me to heal the broken-
hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of fight to the blind; to fet at
liberty them that are bruifed;

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he clofed the book, and he gave it again to
the minifter, and fat down, and the eyes of all
them that were in the fynagogue were fast-
ened on him.

SERMON

SERMON XVIII,

On the nature and the characteristic marks

of a Christian friendship.

Preached at St. James's Chapel, March 16, 1777.

JOHN xiii. 23. Now there was leaning on

Fefus' bofom one of his difciples, whom Jefus

loved.

ADVER-

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