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CON CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
THE RETREAT FROM THE STORM.
(Occasioned by the" Commercial Panic.")
ISAIAH XXXII. 18-20.-And my people shall dwell in a peace-
able habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-
places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and
the city shall be low in a low place. Blessed are ye that sow
beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and
the assesseer. ........................ page 1
SERMON II.
A DIVINE REGULATION IN THE MORAL GOVERN-
MENT OF THE WORLD.
(Before the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London.)
1 SAMUEL ii. 30.-Them that honor me, I will honor; and
they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.
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SERMON III.
CHRIST'S WORDS OF MERCY TO A WEEPING
PENITENT.
(For the London Female Penitentiary.)
LUKE Vii. 50.-And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath
saved thee; go in peace
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SERMON IV.
MISTAKES CORRECTED, AND LIBERALITY
INCULCATED.
(For the National Schools of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch.)
ISAIAH Xxxii. 5-8.-The vile person shall no more be called
liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person
will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise
hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty
the soul of the hungry; and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil:
he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words,
even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth
liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand mmmmmmm
SERMON V.
THE NIGHT AND THE DAY.
(For the Church Missionary Society.)
ROMANS xiii. 12.-The Night is far spent, the Day is at
hand
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SERMON VI.
THE GRAVE OF TABITHA.
(On the Death of Miss Biddle.)
ACTS ix. 36, 37.-Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple
named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas :
this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she
did. And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and
died ............... page 177
SERMON VII.
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, ITS ULTIMATE OBJECT
AND PRESENT DUTIES.
(On the Author's entering upon the Lectureship of
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch.),
1 TIM. iv. 16.-Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself
and them that hear thee
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SERMON VIII.
CORRUPTION AND INCORRUPTION; OR, DEATH
WELCOME TO THE REAL CHRISTIAN.
(On the Decease of Mrs. and Miss Hopkins.)
JOB Xvii. 14.-I have said to corruption, Thou art my father:
to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister 235
SERMON IX.
THE BEST REMEMBRANCE OF REMOVED PASTORS.
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(At St. John's, Bedford Row.)
HEBREWS xiii. 7, 8. -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, and to-day, and for ever page 269
SERMON X.
CONVERSION A SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION.
(On the Death of Mr. Thomas Van,)
LUKE Vii. 14, 15.-And he said, Young man, I say unto
thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to
speak ...mmm
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ERRATA.
Page 12, line 12: for "Natural" read "National.” Page 264, line 8: for "There" read "These."
I.
The Retreat from the Storm.
PREACHED AT THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. OLAVE,
SOUTHWARK,
ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1825;
OCCASIONED BY THE COMMERCIAL "PANIC"
WHICH HAD BEEN SO EXTENSIVE AND ALARMING
DURING THE PRECEDING WEEK.
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