¹ The ♦Sermons marked with a *, are now first published from
the Author’s own Manuscripts.
♦ “Seamons” replaced with “Sermons”
⭘ SERMON I. The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent.
GENESIS iii. 5. _And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel._
⭘ SERMON II. Walking with God.
GENESIS v. 24. _And Enoch walked with God, and he was not,
for God took him._
⭘ SERMON III. Abraham’s offering up his Son Isaac.
GENESIS xxii. 12. _And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the
lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know
that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy
son, thine only son from me._
⭘ SERMON IV. The great Duty of Family-Religion.
JOSHUA xxiv. 15. _As for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord._
⭘ SERMON V. Christ the best Husband: or, an earnest Invitation
to Young Women to come and see Christ. Preached to a Society
of Young Women, in Fetter-Lane.
PSALM xlv. 10, 11. _Hearken, O daughter, and consider,
and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and
thy father’s house: so shall the King greatly desire thy
beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him._
⭘ SERMON VI. Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duty. Preached at
Philadelphia, on Sunday, August 24, 1746, and occasioned by
the Suppression of the late unnatural Rebellion.
PSALM cv. 45. _That they might observe his statutes and keep
his laws._
⭘ SERMON VII. Thankfulness for Mercies received, a necessary
Duty. A Farewel Sermon, preached on board the Whitaker, at
Anchor near Savannah, in Georgia, Sunday, May 17, 1738.
PSALM cvii. 30, 31. _Then are they glad, because they are
at rest, and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they
would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for
his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for
the children of men!_
⭘ SERMON VIII. The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society.
ECCLESIASTES iv. 9, 10, 11, 12. _Two are better than one,
because they have a good reward for their labour. For if
they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe be to
him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another
to help him up. Again if two lie together, then they have
heat; but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail
against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord
is not quickly broken._
⭘ SERMON IX. The Folly and Danger of not being righteous enough.
ECCLESIASTES vii. 16. _Be not righteous over-much, neither
make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?_
⭘ SERMON X. A Preservative against unsettled Notions, and want
of Principles, in regard to Righteousness and Christian
Perfection. Being a more particular Answer to Doctor Trapp’s
four Sermons upon the same Text.
ECCLESIASTES vii. 16. _Be not righteous over-much, neither
make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?_
⭘ SERMON XI. The Benefits of an early Piety. Preached at Bow
Church, London, before the Religious Societies.
ECCLESIASTES xii. 1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days
of thy youth._
⭘ SERMON XII. Christ the Believer’s Husband.