PREFACE.

Rev. F. Bowles, M.A. of Exeter College, and to the latter by the Editor, which is noticed in order that the reader may find the less difficulty from any difference in the heads under which similar matter may be placed, as the two were made simultaneously to save time.

A few points on which the Editor was not informed until the sheets were printed are noticed in the Addenda and Corrigenda.

C. M.

CONTENTS.

EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS.

INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE.

Page 1.

HOMILY I.

Page 7.

Phil. i. 1, 2.

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the

saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, fellow-

Bishops and Deacons: Grace be unto you, and peace,

from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY II.

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Phil. i. 8-11.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the

bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love

may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all

judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent;

that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of

Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which

are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

HOMILY III.

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Phil. i. 18-20.

And I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. For I know

that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer,

and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to

my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I

shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so

now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it

be by life, or by death.

Yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait

betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with

Christ; which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the

flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence

I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for

your furtherance and joy of faith; that your rejoicing may

be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me, by my coming to

you again.

HOMILY V.

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Phil. ii. 1-4.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any com-

fort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels

and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded,

having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory: but in

lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than them-

selves. Look not every man on his own things, but every

man also on the things of others.

HOMILY VI.

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Phil. ii. 5-8.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to

be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation,

and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made

in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a

man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto

death, even the death of the cross.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to

be equal with God; but made Himself of no reputation,

and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made

in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a

man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto

death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also

hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which

is above every name: that at the Name of Jesus every knee

should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and

things under the earth: and that every tongue should

confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the

Father.

HOMILY VIII.

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Phil. ii. 12-16.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in

my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work

out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it

is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His

good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and

disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the

sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and

perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the

world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice

in the day of Christ.

HOMILY IX.

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Phil. ii. 19-21.

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto

you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know

your state. For I have no man likeminded, who will

naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not

the things which are Jesus Christ's.