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A MIDDLE CLASS:
AND OTHER SERMONS.
BY
JOHN THOMAS JEFF COCK,
M.A., F.S.A.,
Rector of S. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton; Proctor for the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Stafford.
BIBLIOTHECA
JUL 1881
BODLEIANA
LONDON:
BEMROSE & SONS, 23, OLD BAILEY;
AND DERBY.
MDCCCLXXXI.
100. cc.
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.
CONTENTS.
SERMON I.-A MIDDLE CLASS.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food
convenient for me, lest I be full, and deny Thee,
"Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor,
and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
-PROVERBS XXX. 8, 9
and say,
SERMON II.-THE CARPENTER,
Is not this the Carpenter?--ST. MARK VI. 3
SERMON III.—A POOR PROFESSION.
(St. Matthew's Day in Ember Week.)
And as Jesus went forth from thence, He saw a man,
named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom:
and He said unto him, Follow Me. And he arose,
and followed Him.-ST. MATTHEW IX. 9
SERMON IV.-HIGH IN OFFICE.
Then said these men, we shall not find any occasion
against this Daniel, except we find it against him
concerning the law of his God.-DANIEL VI. 5
PACE
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SERMON V.-CHEATING MAN AND GOD.
(Preached at the end of the Christian Year.)
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a
just weight is His delight.-PROVERBS XI. I
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SERMON VI.-INFLUENCE.
Have any of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him?
-ST. JOHN VII. 48 ..
(Preached on St. Andrew's Day.
SERMON VII.-AN INTRODUCTION.
And he brought him to Jesus.-ST. JOHN I. 42..
SERMON VIII. THE MATRON.
(On the death of the Princess Alice, December 14th, 1878.)
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if
they continue in faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety.1 TIMOTHY II. 15
SERMON IX.-THE BUSINESS WOMAN.
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple,
of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God,
heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she
attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she be-
sought us, saying, "If ye have judged me to be
faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide
there." And she constrained us.-ACTS XVI. 14, 15 82
SERMON X.-RELATIONS.
For neither did His brethren believe in Him.-ST. JOHN
VII. 5:
These all continued with one accord in prayer and suppli-
cation, with the women, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and with His brethren.--ACTS I. 14..
SERMON XI.-CIVIC OFFICE.
(Before the Mayor and Corporation of Wolverhampton, 1878.)
The powers that be are ordained of God.-ROMANS
Whatsoever forms of authority are in actual existence,
it is by God that they have been and are constituted
and ordered.
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SERMON XII.--THE CITIZEN.
(Before the Mayor and Corporation of Wolverhampton, 1879.)
A citizen of no mean city.-ACTS XXI. 39 ..
SERMON XIII. THE VOLUNTEERS.
(Preached before a Rifle Corps.)
The Centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof, but
speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under
me and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth, and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do
this, and he doeth it.
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When Jesus heard it, He marvelled, and said to them that
followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.-ST. MATT. VIII. 8-10 123
SERMON XIV.-CHURCH HELPERS.
He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that
ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy with
cheerfulness.-ROMANS XII. 8
SERMON XV.-THE PRIVATE LAYMAN:
Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.-ST. JOHN
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SERMON XVI.-TILL HE FIND IT.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose
one of them, doth not leave the ninety-and-nine in the
wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find
it ?-ST. LUKE XV. 4..
SERMON XVII.-BREAD AND SIN.
(Preached after a Good Harvest.)
Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our
sins.-ST. LUKE XI. 3, 4..
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