¹ The ♦Sermons marked with a *, are now first published from the Author’s own Manuscripts.
♦ “Seamons” replaced with “Sermons”
⭘ SERMON I. The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent.
GENESIS iii. 5. _And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel._
⭘ SERMON II. Walking with God.
GENESIS v. 24. _And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him._
⭘ SERMON III. Abraham’s offering up his Son Isaac.
GENESIS xxii. 12. _And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me._
⭘ SERMON IV. The great Duty of Family-Religion.
JOSHUA xxiv. 15. _As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord._
⭘ SERMON V. Christ the best Husband: or, an earnest Invitation to Young Women to come and see Christ. Preached to a Society of Young Women, in Fetter-Lane.
PSALM xlv. 10, 11. _Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house: so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him._
⭘ SERMON VI. Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duty. Preached at Philadelphia, on Sunday, August 24, 1746, and occasioned by the Suppression of the late unnatural Rebellion.
PSALM cv. 45. _That they might observe his statutes and keep his laws._
⭘ SERMON VII. Thankfulness for Mercies received, a necessary Duty. A Farewel Sermon, preached on board the Whitaker, at Anchor near Savannah, in Georgia, Sunday, May 17, 1738.
PSALM cvii. 30, 31. _Then are they glad, because they are at rest, and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!_
⭘ SERMON VIII. The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society.
ECCLESIASTES iv. 9, 10, 11, 12. _Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe be to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken._
⭘ SERMON IX. The Folly and Danger of not being righteous enough.
ECCLESIASTES vii. 16. _Be not righteous over-much, neither make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?_
⭘ SERMON X. A Preservative against unsettled Notions, and want of Principles, in regard to Righteousness and Christian Perfection. Being a more particular Answer to Doctor Trapp’s four Sermons upon the same Text.
ECCLESIASTES vii. 16. _Be not righteous over-much, neither make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?_
⭘ SERMON XI. The Benefits of an early Piety. Preached at Bow Church, London, before the Religious Societies.
ECCLESIASTES xii. 1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._
⭘ SERMON XII. Christ the Believer’s Husband.
ISAIAH liv. 5. _For thy Maker is thy husband._
⭘ *SERMON XIII. The Potter and the Clay.
JEREMIAH xviii. 1‒6. _The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hands of the potter, so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel._
⭘ SERMON XIV. The Lord our Righteousness.
JEREMIAH xxiii. 6. _The Lord our righteousness._
⭘ *SERMON XV. The Righteousness of Christ an everlasting Righteousness.
DANIEL ix. 24. _And to bring in everlasting righteousness._
⭘ SERMON XVI. The Observation of the Birth of Christ, the Duty of all Christians; or the true Way of keeping Christmas.
MATTHEW i. 21. _And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins._
⭘ *SERMON XVII. The Temptation of Christ.
MATTHEW iv. 1‒11. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil, &c._
⭘ SERMON XVIII. The Heinous Sin of profane Cursing and Swearing.
MATTHEW v. 34. _But I say unto you, Swear not at all._
⭘ SERMON XIX. Christ the Support of the Tempted.
MATTHEW vi. 13. _Lead us not into temptation._
⭘ SERMON XX. Worldly Business no Plea for the Neglect of Religion.
MATTHEW viii. 22. _Let the dead bury their dead._
⭘ SERMON XXI. Christ the only Rest for the Weary and Heavy Laden.
MATTHEW xi. 28. _Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest._