Sermons

up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his

breast saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Page 169

SERMON X.

ON PROGRESS TO PERFECTION.

Preached 29th May 1808, before the Right Honourable
FRANCIS Lord Napier, his Majesty's High Commissioner,
in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF VICE, AND THE MEANS

OF ESCAPING THEM.

PROVERBS, iv. 15.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 235

SERMON XIII.

ON REPENTANCE.

Preached on the day of a Parochial Fast.

LUKE, xiii. 5.

I tell you nay: But except ye repent, ye shall all like-

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh

in his ways.

SERMON XV.

ON THE VANITY OF HUMAN ENJOYMENTS.

Preached at the end of the year.

ECCLESIASTES, i. 2.

All is vanity.

SERMON XVI.

ON SORROW FOR FRIENDS DECEASED.

LUKE, vii. 12, 13.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold

there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his

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mother, and she was a widow; and much people of
the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her
he had compassion on her, and said unto her, weep

not.

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SERMON XVII.

ON THE HAPPINESS OF THE SAINTS.

Preached at the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's

Supper.

PSALM, lxv. 4.

Blessed is the man whom thou chusest and causest to

approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts:

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,

even of thy holy temple.

SERMON XVIII.

ON CHRISTIANITY.

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Preached in the Church of Kilrenny, 22d March 1798, being
the day appointed by the Presbytery of St Andrews, for
moderating in a Call to the Reverend James Forrester.

ROMANS, i. 16.

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

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SERMON XIX.

ON THE ATONEMENT.

1 CORINTHIANS, xv. 3.

I delivered unto you first of all that which I also re-

ceived, how that Christ died for our sins according

to the Scriptures.

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SERMON XX.

ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.