CONTENTS.

SERMON I. p. 3.

Inquiry after Happiness.

PSALM IV. 6.

There be many that say, Who will fhew us any good?

-Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance

upon us.

SERMON II. p. 21.

The House of Feafting and the House

of Mourning described.

ECCLESIASTES VII. 2, 3.

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

houfe of feafting.

SERMON III. p. 39.

Philanthropy recommended.

LUKE X. 36, 37.

Which now of these three, thinkeft thou, was neighbour

unto him that fell amongst the thieves ?-And he

faid, He that fhewed mercy on him. Then faid

Jefus unto him-Go, and do thou likewife.

SERMON IV. p. 61.

Self-Knowledge.

2 SAMUEL XII. -. 1ft part.
And Nathan said unto David, Thou art the man.

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. 117.

Pharifee and Publican in the Temple.

LUKE XVIII. 14. Ift part.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified

rather than the other:-

SERMON VII. p. 133.

Vindication of Human Nature.

ROMANS XIV. 7.

For none of us liveth to himself.

SERMON VIII. p. 151.

Time and Chance.

ECCLESIASTES IX. II.

I returned and faw under the fun, that the race is not

to the swift,-nor the battle to the ftrong,-neither

yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of un-

derstanding, nor yet favour to men of skill,-but

time and chance happeneth to them all.

SERMON IX. p. 165.

The Character of Herod.

MATTHEW II. 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 mourn-

ing; Rachael weeping for her children, and would
not be comforted because they are not.

SERMON X. p. 185.

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 con-

tinueth not.

SERMON XI. p. 209.

Evil - Speaking.

JAMES I. 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. 229.

Jofeph's Hiftory confidered.

Forgivenefs of Injuries.

GENESIS L. 15.

And when Jofeph's brethren faw 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. 251.

Duty of fetting Bounds to our Defires.

2 KINGS IV. 13.

And he faid unto him, Say now unto her, Behold thou

haft been careful for us with all this care;-what is

to be done for thee?-wouldst thou be fpoken for

to the king, or the captain of the hoft?-And the

anfwered, I dwell among mine own people.

SERMON XIV. p. 269.

Self-Examination.

ISAIAH I. 3.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the afs his master's

crib ;--but Ifrael doth not know, my people

doth not confider.

SERMONS

BY

LAURENCE STERNE, A. M.

PREBENDARY OF YORK,

AND VICAR OF SUTTON ON THE FOREST, AND OF STILLINGTON NEAR YORK.

VOL. VI.