FOR

PAROCHIAL AND DOMESTIC USE,

DESIGNED TO

ILLUSTRATE AND ENFORCE,

IN A CONNECTED view,

THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLES

or

CHRISTIAN FAITH AND PRACTICE.

BY

RICHARD MANT, D.D.

RECTOR OF ST. BOTOLPH'S, BISHOPSGATE, AND DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO HIS
GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY; AND LATE FELLOW OF

ORIEL COLLEGE.

“ I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and
" him crucified.” 1 Cor, ii. 2.

“ To preach practical sermons, as they are called, that is, sermons upon
“ virtues and vices, without inculcating those great scripture truths of re-
“ demption, grace, &c. which alone can incite and enable us to forsake sin,
“ and follow after righteousness ; what is it but to put together the wheels,
“ and set the hands of a watch, forgetting the spring, which is to make
“ them all go?" (Bp. HORNE.)

FOURTH EDITION.

VOL. II.

OXFORD,

PRINTED FOR J. PARKER ;
AND F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, LONDON.

BY W. BAXTER, OXFORD.

1817.

CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

SERMON XVI.

Page 1.

THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED IN THE

CHARACTER OF JOSEPH.

Gen. xli. 38, 39.

And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find

such an one as this is, a man in whom is the

Spirit of God?

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as

God hath showed thee all this, there is none so

discreet and wise as thou art.

SERMON XVII.

Page 21.

THE SPIRIT OF GOD MANIFESTED BY HIS FRUITS.

GEN. xli. 38.

-Can we find such an one as this is, a man in

whom is the Spirit of God?

SERMON XVIII.

Page 45.

PRIDE A WORLDLY QUALITY ; IRRELIGIOUS AND

IRRATIONAL.

1 John ii. 16.

- The pride of life is not of the Father, but is of

the world.

SERMON XIX.

Page 67.

UNCLEANNESS INCONSISTEN WITH A PROFESSION

OF THE GOSPEL.

1 Thess. iv. 3.

- This is the will of God, even your sanctification.

SERMON XX.

Page 91.

THE DANGER AND SINFULNESS OF COVETOUSNESS

EXEMPLIFIED IN AHAB.

1 Kings xxi. 4.

And Ahab came into his house heavy and dis-

pleased because of the word which Naboth the

Jezreelite had spoken to him ; for he had said,

I will not give thee the inheritance of my fa-

thers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and

turned

away his face, and would eat no bread.

SERMON XXI.

Page 117.

MALICE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CHRISTIAN

CHARACTER.

Eph. iv. 31, 32.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and

clamour, and evil-speaking be put away from

you, with all malice :