CHIEFLY ON THE THEORY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF, PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D. FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. G. F. & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL; ADVERTISEMENT. Of the following Sermons, the First and Fifth were preached by the Author in Vice-Chancellor's Preaching Turns; the Second in his own; the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth, in his turns as Select Preacher. The Six which close the Volume, since 1832, were preached on such casual opportunities as the kindness of private friends has afforded him. Though he has employed himself for the most part in discussing portions of one and the same subject, yet he need scarcely say, that his Volume has not the method, completeness, or scientific exactness in the use of language, which are necessary for a formal Treatise upon it; nor, indeed, was such an undertaking compatible with the nature and circumstances of the composition. Littlemore, Feb. 4, 1843. TAATS BIOTHEK MUENCHEN CONTENT S. SERMON I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL TEMPER, FIRST ENJOINED BY THE GOSPEL. Preached July 2, 1826, Act Sunday. JOHN viii. 12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the Light of the world. PAGE 1 SERMON II. THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION RESPECTIVELY. Preached on Easter Tuesday, April 13, 1830. 1 JOHN i. 1-3. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the Life was manifested, and we have seen It, and bear witness, and show unto you that Eternal Life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us ;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us 17 |