ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. BY WILLIAM PALEY. EDITED BY THE REV. EDMUND PALEY, A. M. VICAR OF EASINGWOLD. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; J. NUNN; LONGMAN, 6.1312.6.20 L (1) HARVARD NARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1875 March 22. Bequest of James Walker, D. G., L. L. D. 6.441814) President of Harv. Univ. Vol. I.-I.) LONDON: PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS. 438 54-31 5-2 ADVERTISEMENT. THE following Sermons, now published for the first time in the third edition of the Author's collected Works, are given also in this detached form for the accommodation of the purchasers of former editions, who will of course accept this apology for the unconnected state in which they appear. It has been thought right to reprint, in these volumes, Sermons 7, 9, and 11, because they form part of the subject of two of the new Sermons. E. P. CONTENTS OF And VOLUME I. I. WHY MEN RESIST AND PUT ASIDE THE THOUGHTS OF RELIGION. St. John iii. 19, 20. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved II. Proverbs xiv. 16. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil III. FEAR A RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE. THE STIRRING OF CONSCIENCE. Ephesians ii. 1. you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins VOL. I. Page b 10 18 |