the State, and our consequent dangers from the Church of Rome, are made the subject of frequent allusion in these Sermons. For this, the times in which we live must serve as a sufficient apology. For surely our great means of defence are the prayers of the poor; and how can we ask for these prayers, unless the dangers which beset their Christian inheritance are constantly brought before them?

Stinchcombe, March 29, 1851.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

THE EXHORTATION TO PRAYER.

PHIL. iv. 13.

"I can do all things through CHRIST which strengtheneth me."

SERMON II.

FORMS OF PRAYER.

ECCLES. v. 2.

"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter

any thing before GOD: for GOD is in Heaven, and thou upon earth.”

SERMON III.

OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.

GAL. iv. 6.

"And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the SPIRIT of His SON

into your hearts, crying, Abba, FATHER."

SERMON IV.

HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

1 PET. iii. 15.

"Sanctify the LORD GOD in your hearts."

SERMON V.

THY KINGDOM COME.

2 PET. iii. 11, 12.

"What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and

godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of

GOD?"

SERMON VI.

THY WILL BE DONE.

JOHN vi. 38.

"For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the

will of HIM that sent ME."

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SERMON VII.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.

PHIL. iv. 6.

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SERMON VIII.

FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES.

MARK Xi. 25, 26.

"And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any :

that your FATHER also which is in Heaven may forgive you your tres-

passes. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your FATHER which is

in Heaven forgive your trespasses."

SERMON IX.

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION.

MATT. xxvi. 41.

"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation."

SERMON X.

DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

1 JOHN v. 18.

"He that is begotten of GoD keepeth himself, and that wicked one

toucheth him not."

SERMON XI.

THE DOXOLOGY.

1 CHRON. XXIX. 11, 12.

"Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and THOU art exalted as Head above

all. Both riches and honour come of THEE, and THOU reignest over

all; and in Thine hand is power and might."

SERMON XII.

AMEN.

2 COR. i. 20.

"For all the promises of GOD in HIм are yea, and in HIм, Amen, unto

the glory of God by us."

SERMON XIII.

THE TWO SACRAMENTS.

REV. xi. 4.

"These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing

before the GOD of the earth."

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SERMON XIV.

THE OUTWARD VISIBLE SIGN.

JER. XXXI. 31, 32.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new cove-

nant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not

according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day

that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of

Egypt."

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SERMON XV.

THE INWARD SPIRITUAL GRACE.

2 COR. iii. 7, 8.

"But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones was

glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the

face of Moses for the glory of His countenance; which glory was to

be done away: How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather

glorious?"

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SERMON XVI.

THE WASHING OF WATER.

EPHES. v. 25, 26.

"AS CHRIST also loved the Church, and gave HIMSELF for it ; that HE

might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the

word."

SERMON XVII.

THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD.

EPHES. V. 25, 26.

"Even as CHRIST also loved the Church, and gave HIMSELF for it; that

HE might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the

word."

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SERMON XVIII.

THE NEW BIRTH.

JOHN iii. 5.

"JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be

born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of

GOD.".

SERMON XIX.

REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN BAPTISM.

ROM. vi. 4.

"Therefore we are buried with HIм by Baptism into death: that like

as CHRIST was raised up from the dead by the glory of the FATHER,

even so we also should walk in newness of life."

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SERMON XX.

INFANT BAPTISM.

MARK X. 13, 14.

"And they brought young children to HIM, that HE should touch

them and His Disciples rebuked those that brought them. But

when JESUS saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them,

Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for

of such is the kingdom of GOD."

SERMON XXI.

THE CONTINUAL REMEMBRANCE.

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1 Cor. xi. 26.

"For as often as ye eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye do show the

LORD's death till HE come."

SERMON XXII.

THE BREAD AND WINE.

MARK XIV. 22, 23.

"And as they did eat, JESUS took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and

gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is My body. And He took

the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and

they all drank of it.".

SERMON XXIII.

THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST.

1 COR. X. 16.

"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the

Blood of CHRIST? The bread which we break, is it not the com-

munion of the Body of CHRIST?"

SERMON XXIV.

THE STRENGTHENING AND REFRESHING OF THE SOUL.

JOHN vi. 55.

"For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed."

SERMON XXV.

SELF-EXAMINATION BEFORE COMMUNION.

1 COR. xi. 28.

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"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and

drink of that cup."

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