PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, 1825. CONTENTS. St. John's Gospel 8.34.-Verily, verily I say unto you: who- soever committeth sin, is the servant of sin........ Page 1 Some passages in this sermon may be met with in a moral essay, SIMPLICITY AND PROBITY OF MIND PROPER QUALIFICATION FOR THE RECEPTION OF DI- Preached in the Autumn of 1819. St. John's Gospel 8. 42.-Jesus said unto them: if God were your father, ye would love me...... ...Page 31 SERMON III. RELIGIOUS FAITH THE SAFEGUARD AND CONSO- LATION OF MAN. Preached in the Autumn of 1819. Daniel 3, 24, 25.-Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was as- tonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors: did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king: True O king. He answered and said: lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the son of God. Page 63 Romans 6. 12, 13.-Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mor- tal body; that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Nei- ther yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteous- ness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that |