CONTENTS OF VOL. III. SERMONS PREPARED FOR THE PRESS BY MR. CECIL. THE TRUE PATRIOT: a Sermon preached before the St. Andrew's and St. George's Military Association: -On 1 Sam. xvii. 29 THE SWORD OF THE LORD: a Fast Sermon, preached before the same Association :---On Jer. xlvii. 6, 7 MISSIONARY SERMON, preached before the " Society for Missions to Africa and the East," at their Third Anniversary:-On Isaiah xl. 3 ..... FUNERAL SERMON FOR REV. JOHN NEWTON: --On Page 1 33 61 97 Discourse on LINGERING in RELIGION:-On Gen. xix. 119 *145 MISCELLANIES. AN ADDRESS TO THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN · 187 223 A WORD ON THE PEACE, WITH A HINT FOR A 233 iv SHORT HINTS TO A SOLDIER Page .. 241 REASONS FOR REPOSE, addressed to a Christian subject to temporary alarms respecting the Truth of the Scrip ture .... 263 A FRAGMENT, written in an Illness, in the Year 1799 .. 293 REMAINS. ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND CONFLICT On Subjects connected with the Christian Ministry:ON A MINISTER'S QUALIFYING HIMSELF FOR HIS OFFICE .... ON THE ASSISTANCE WHICH A MINISTER HAS REASON ON PREACHING CHRIST ON A MINISTER'S FAMILIAR INTERCOURSE WITH 315 343 348 .... 352 .... ... 360 ON A MINISTER'S ENCOURAGING ANIMADVERSION ON 364 ON LIMITS, WITH REGARD TO FREQUENTING PUBLIC ON THE MEANS OF PROMOTING A SPIRIT OF DEVO- ON THE MARRIAGE OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS On VISITING DEATH-BEDS MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON A CHRISTIAN'S DUTY IN THESE EVENTFUL TIMES 419 ON FORTIFYING YOUTH AGAINST INFIDEL PRINCI ON THE DIVERSITY OF CHARACTER IN CHRISTIANS, and on CORRECTING THE DEFECTS IN OUR CHARACTER..... 469 ON THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN ON THE NEED OF GRACE ON THE OCCASIONS OF ENMITY AGAINST CHRISTI- ON RELIGIOUS RETIREMENT 479 482 .... 487 491 501 ON DECLENSION IN RELIGION ON A CHRISTIAN'S ASSOCIATING WITH IRRELIGIOUS 505 507 509 514 REMARKS BY MR. CECIL, COMMUNICATED TO THE .... .... 553 601 SOME NEGATIVE RULES, GIVEN TO A YOUNG MINIS TER.... FRAGMENT-A DYING MINISTER'S FAREWELL ......606 |