CONTENTS.

SERMON I. p. 3.
Inquiry after Happiness.

PSALM iv. 6.

There be many that say, Who will show us any good?—Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

SERMON II. p. 15.

The House of Feafting and the Houfe of Mourning defcribed.*

ECCLESIASTES VII. 2, 3.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of. feafting.

SERMON III. p. 26.
Philanthropy recommended.

LUKE X 36, 37.

Which now of thefe three thinkeft thou, was neighbour unto him that fell amongst the thieves?And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then faid Jefus unto him- -Go, and do thou

likewife.

SERMON IV. p. 39.
Self-Knowledge.

2 SAMUEL X11. 7. 1ft part.

And Nathan faid unto David, Thou art the man.

SERMON V. p. 55.

The Cafe of Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

confidered.

I KINGS XVII. 16.

And the barrel of meal wafted not, neither did the crufe of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord which he spake by the prophet Elijah.

SERMON VI. p. 75.

Pharifee and Publican in the Temple.

LUKE XVIII. 14. If part.

I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.

SERMON VII. p. 85.

Vindication of Human Nature.

ROMANS XIV. 7.
For none of us liveth to himself.

SERMON VIII. p. 96..

Time and Chance.

ECCLESIASTES IX. II.

Ireturned and faw under the fun, that the race is not to the fwift -nor the battle to the strong,-neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill,—but time and chance happeneth to them all.

SERMON IX. p. 105.

The Character of Herod..

MATTHEW X1. 17, 18.

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, faying,-In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted, because they are not.

SERMON X. p. 117.

Job's Account of the Shortnefs and Troubles of Life,

confidered.

JOB XIV. I, 2.

Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble: -He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, and continueth not.

SERMON XI. p. 132.
Evil-Speaking.

JAMES 1. 26.

If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain.

SERMON XII. p. 145

Jofeph's Hiftory confidered.

Forgiveness of Injuries.

GENESIS L. 15.

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they faid, Jofeph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evils which we did unto him.

SERMON XIII. p. 158.

Duty of fetting Bounds to our Defires,

2 KINGS IV. 13.

And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care;—what is to be done for thee? -wouldst thou be spoken for to the king, or the captain of the hoft?And fhe answered, I dwell among mine own people.

SERMON XIV. p. 169.

Self-Examination.

ISAIAH 1. 3.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the afs his mafter's crib;- -but Ifrael doth not know, my people doth not confider.

SERMON XV. p. 179.

Job's Expoftulation with his wife.

JOB II. 10.

What!-Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil also ?

SERMON XVI. p. 192.

The Character of Shimei.

2 SAMUEL XIX. 21. 1ft Part.

But Abishai faid, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this ?

SERMON XVII. p. 202.

The Cafe of Hezekiah and the Meffengers.

2 KINGS XX. 15.

And he said, What have they seen in thine houfe? and Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen : there is nothing amongst all my treasures that I have not shown

them.

SERMON XVIII. p. 214.

The Levite and his Concubine.

JUDGES XIX. I, 2, 3.

And it came to pafs in those days, when there was no king in Ifrael, that there was a certain Levite fojourning on the fide of Mount Ephraim, who took unto him a concubine.

SERMON XIX. p. 227.

Felix's Behaviour towards Paul, examined.

ACTS XXIV. 16.

He hoped alfo, that money fhould have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him.

SERMON XX, p. 238.
The Prodigal Son.

LUKE IV. 13.

And not many days after, the younger fon gathered all he had together, and took his journey into a far country.

SERMON XXI. p. 249.

National Mercies Confidered.

DEUTERONOMY VI. 20, 21.

And when thy fon asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? then shalt thou fay unto thy fon, We were Pharaoh's bondsmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.