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Preached in the parish-church of Swinderby, in the county
of Lincoln, on Sunday, April 18, 1773; being the firft
day of opening the church after new-feating it, by the
voluntary fubfcription of fome of the freeholders and
others. 1
THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS.
PSALM XCVI. 9.
O WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS.
SERMON IV.
p. 83.
THE SPIRIT OF INDUSTRY RECOMMENDED.
II. THESSALONIANS III. 10.
WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED
YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER
SHOULD HE EAT. p. 95.
SERMON
V.
Preached in the parish-church of Swinderby, in the
county of Lincoln, on Friday February 8, 1782, being
the day appointed, by proclamation, for a general fast.
EZEKIEL XVIII. 31, 32.
CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL YOUR TRANSGRES-
SIONS, WHEREBY YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED; AND
MAKE YOU A NEW HEART, AND A NEW SPIRIT;
FOR WHY WILL YE DIE, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF HIM THAT
DIETH, SAITH THE LORD GOD; WHEREFORE TURN
YOURSELVES, AND LIVE YE. p. 113.
VI.
CHRIST INSUFFICIENT OF HIMSELF:
JOHN V. 30.
I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING. p. 135.
WE HAVE FOUND THIS MAN A PESTILENT FELLOW,
AND A MOVER OF SEDITION AMONG ALL THE
JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND A RING
LEADER OF THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES. p. 179.
IX.
Preached on Sunday, November 2, 1788.
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION THE SE-
CURITY OF LIBERTY.
PSALM CXLIV. 15.
HAPPY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SUCH A
CASE; YEA, BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE LORD FOR THEIR GOD. p. 195.
SERMON X.
Preached on Sunday, November 4, 1792, being the anni- ·
verfary of the revolution of 1682.
THE PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF CIVIL
LIBERTY.
JOB V. 12.
HE DISAPPOINTETH THE DEVICES OF THE CRAFTY,
SO THAT THEIR HANDS CANNOT PERFORM THEIR
ENTERPRIZE. p. 209.
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST A NEVER-FAILING SOURCE
OF PEACE AND JOY.
JOHN IV. 13, 14.
1800
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, WHOSOEVER DRINKETH
OF THIS WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN: BUT Her
WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE WATER THAT
I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER THIRST; BUT
THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL
BE IN HIM A WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP
INTO EVERLASTING LIFE. p. 231.
SERMON XII.
A GOOD CHARACTER FOUNDED ONLY IN RELIGION
AND VIRTUE.
LUKE VI. 26.
WO UNTO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK
WELL OF YOU. p. 247. ›
A MAN'S HEART DEVISETH HIS WAY: BUT THE
LORD DIRECTETH HIS STEPS. p. 263.
MY HEART SHALL NOT REPROACH ME, SÕ LONG
AS I LIVE. p. 279.
XV.
THE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF THE GOSPEL.
JOHN XV. 24.
IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS
WHICH NONE OTHER MAN DID, THEY HAD NOT
HAD SIN: BUT NOW HAVE THEY SEEN, AND
HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER. p. 297.
XVI.
A GENEROUS TEMPER CONGENIAL WITH NATURE
AND REVELATION.
PROVERBS XI. 24.
THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET IN-
CREASETH; AND THERE IS THAT WITH-HOLDETH
MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDETH TO
POVERTY. p. 315.