SERMON XVII. p. 217.

The Cafe of Hezekiah and the Meffengers.

2 KINGS, XX. 15.

And he faid, What have they feen in thine houfe? and Heze-

kiah anfwered, All the things that are in my house have

they feen; there is nothing among my treasures that I

have not fhewed them.

SERMON XVIII. p. 230.,

The Levite and his Concubine.

JUDGES, XIX. 1.

And it came to pafs in those days, when there was no king

in Ifrael, that there was a certain Levite fojourning on the

fide of Mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine.

SERMON XIX. p. 244.

Felix's Behaviour towards Paul, examined.

ACTS, XXIV. 26.

He hoped alfo, that money fhould have been given him of

Paul, that he might loofe him.

SERMON XX. p. 257.

The Prodigal Son.

LUKE, XV. 13.

And not many days after, the younger fon gathered all

together, and took his journey into a far country.

SERMON XXI. p. 269.

National Mercies confidered,

DEUTERONOMY, VI. 20. 21.

And when thy fon afketh thee in time to come, faying,

What mean the teftimonies, and the ftatutes, and the judg-

ments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

then thou shalt fay unto thy fon, We were Pharaoh's

bondfmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of

Egypt with a mighty hand.

SERMON XXII. p.281.

The Hiftory of Jacob confidered.

GENESIS, XLVII. 9. 2

And Jacob faid, unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my

pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years; few and

evil have the days of the years of my life been-

SERMON XXIII. p. 295.

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

confidered.

LUKE, XVI. 31.

And he faid unto him, If they hear not Mofes and the pro-

phets, neither will they be perfuaded though one rofe

from the dead.

But when thou art bidden, go and fit down in the lowest

room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may

fay to thee, Friend, go up higher; then fhalt thou have

worship in the prefence of them that fit at meat with thee;

For whofoever exalteth himfelf fhall be abafed; and he

that humbleth himfelf fhall be exalted..

SERMON XXV. p. 324.

Humility.

MATTHEW, XI. 29.

Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye fhall

find reft unto your fouls.

SERMON XXVI. p. 337.

Advantages of Chriftianity to the World.

ROMANS, I. 22.

Profeffing themselves to be wife, they became fools.

SERMON XXVII. p. 350.

The Abuses of Confcience confidered.

HEBREWS, XIII. 18.

-For we trust we have a good confcience.

SERMON XXVIII. p. 366.

Temporal Advantages of Religion.

PROVERBS, III. 17.

Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs, and all her paths are

peace,

SERMON XXIX. p. 377.

Our Converfation in Heaven.

PHILIPPIANS, III. 20, 1st part.

For our converfation is in heaven.

SERMON XXX. p. 387.

Description of the World.

2 PETER, III. 11, 12.

Seeing then that all these things fhall be diffolved,-what

manner of perfons ought ye to be in all holy conversation

and godlinefs? looking for and hafting unto the coming

of the day of GOD.

SERMON XXXI. p. 399.

St. Peter's Character.

ACTS, III. 12.

And when Peter faw it, he answered unto the people, Ye

men of Ifrael, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye fo

earneftly on us, as though by our own power or holiness

we had made this man to walk?

SERMON XXXII. p. 415,

Thirtieth of January,

EZRA, IX. 6, 7.

And I faid, O my God, I am afhamed and blush to lift up

my face to thee, my God:-for our iniquities are increased

over our head, and our trefpafs is grown up unto the

heavens. Since the days of our fathers have we been in

a great trefpafs unto this day.

SERMONS

BY

LAURENCE STERNE, A. M.

VOL. III.

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