THE

WORKS

ов

JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.

DEAN OF ST PATRICK'S, DUBLIN;

CONTAINING

ADDITIONAL LETTERS, TRACTS, AND POEMS,

NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED;

WITH

NOTES,

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

VOLUME VIII.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH ;
WHITE, COCHRANE, AND CO. AND GALE, CURTIS, AND FENNER,

LONDON; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1814.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME EIGHTH.

TWELVE SERMONS.

Sermon 1st, The difficulty of knowing one's self,

2d, On the Trinity,

3d, On Mutual Subjection,

4th, On the testimony of Conscience,

5th, On Brotherly Love,

6th, On the Martyrdom of King Charles I.

7th, On False Witness,

8th, On the Poor Man's Contentment,

9th, On the Causes of the Wretched Condition

of Ireland,

10th, On sleeping in Church,

11th, On the Wisdom of this World,

12th, On doing Good,

Thoughts on Religion,

Further Thoughts on Religion,

Page

1

9

27

42

54

66

79

96

109

121

136

147

161

173

178

upon a

TRACTS IN DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY,

181

An Argument against Abolishing Christianity in England, 183

A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Re-

formation of Manners, by a Person of Quality,

201

Remarks Book entitled “ The Rights of the Christ-

ian Church,' &c.

231

Abstract of Mr Collins's Discourse of Free-thinking, 293

Thoughts on Free-thinking,

327

A Letter to a Young Clergyman lately entered into Holy

Orders,

331

An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen,

361