CONTENTS.

MEMOIR OF MR. BUCKMINSTER

An Oration on the Dangers and Duties of Men of Letters

SERMON I.

The fitness of the time of the introduction of the

gospel; and the necessity of a miraculous inter-

position to account for its success.

GAL. iv 4. But when the fulness of time was come, God

sent forth bis Son

SERMON II.

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1-17

The argument for christianity from the character

of our Saviour.

JOHN vii. 46. Never man spake like this man

SERMON III.

The advantages of sickness.

18-32

PSALM CXIX. 71. It is good for me, that I have been afflicted 34-49

SERMON IV.

The excuses of the irreligious.

LUKE xiv. 13. And they all with one consent began to make

excuse

SERMON V.

The love of fame.

JOHN xii. 43. For they loved the praise of men more than

62--77

JOHN vi. 12. Gather up the fragments that remain, that

--- nothing be lost

SERMON VIII.

The objects of faith.

HEBREWS XI. 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped

93--105

for, the evidence of things not seen

106-116

The history and character of Paul; and the causes

of obscurity in his writings.

2 PETER iii 15, 16. Even as our beloved brother Paul,

also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written

unto you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of

these things, in which are some things hard to be under-

stood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,

as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own de-

struction

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SERMON XII.

Habit.

JEREMIAH Xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or

the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are

accustomed to do evil

135-153

154-169

SERMON XIII.

Confession of Christ.

MATTHEW X. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before men,

him will I also confess before my Father, which is in

heaven

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182-194

SERMON XV.

The introduction of the affections into religion.

PHILIPPIANS i. 9. And this I pray, that your love may

abound yet more and more

SERMON XVI.

Self-government.

PROVERBS XXV. 28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit

195-212

is like a city, that is broken down, and without walls 213-227

1 CORINTHIANS xi. 31.

should not be judged

SERMON XVII.

Self-knowledge.

If we would judge ourselves, we

SERMON XVIII.

228-237

Salvation by grace.

EPHESIANS ii. 5. By grace ye are saved.

238-252

SERMON XIX.

The Pharisee and the Publican.

LUKE Xviii. 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray;

the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican

MATTHEW XXVI 35. Peter said unto him, Though I should

die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. LUKE Xxii. 61,

253-263

62. And the Lord turned, and looked, upon Peter. And

Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had siad

unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me

thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly

SERMON XXI.

The religious education of children.

EPHESIANS VI. 4. Fathers, provoke not your children to

wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord

SERMON XXII.

The circumstances, in the situation of our country,

favourable to moral and religious eminence.

DEUTERONOMY xxxiii. 29. Happy art thou, O Israel, who
is like unto thee?.

(Preached on the occasion of the State Thanksgiving, Nov. 1807.)

SERMON XXIII.

The influence of the gospel on the character and

condition of the female sex.

PHILIPPIANS iv. 3. I entreat thee,-help those women,

which laboured with me in the gospel,-whose names

are in the book of life

(Preached before the Boston Female Asylum, Sept. 1810.)

SERMON XXIV.

The connexion and mutual influence of knowledge,

Piety, and charity.

2 PETER i. 5-7. Add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue,

knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to tem-

perance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to

godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kind-

ness, charity

The Right Hand of fellowship, delivered at the

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283-296

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311-333

334--349

ordination of the Rev. C. Lowell, Jan. 1, 1806 350-353

MEMOIR

OF THE

LIFE AND CHARACTER

OF THE

REV. JOSEPH S. BUCKMINSTER.