SERMONS

PREACHED AT

LINCOLN'S-INN,

BETWEEN THE YEARS 1765 AND 1776:

WITH

A LARGER DISCOURSE,

ON

CHRIST'S DRIVING THE MERCHANTS

OUT OF THE TEMPLE;

IN WHICH THE NATURE AND END OF THAT FAMOUS

TRANSACTION IS EXPLAINED.

SATIS ME VIXISSE ARBITRABOR, ET OFFICIUM HOMINIS IMPLESSE, SI LABOR MEUS ALIQUOS

HOMINES, AB ERRORIBUS LIBERATOS, AD ITER COELESTE DIREXERIT.

LACTANTIUS.

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TO THE

MASTERS OF THE BENCH

OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF

LINCOLN'S INN,

THE FOLLOWING SERMONS,

IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR MANY AND

GREAT FAVours,

ARE BY THE AUTHOR

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

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Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood

all these things? They say unto him, Yea,

Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore

every scribe which is instructed unto the

kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that

is an householder, which bringeth forth out

of his treasure things new and old.

SERMON II. Preached Nov. 8, 1767.

1 COR. X. 15.

p. 1

I speak as to wise men: judge ye what I

say.

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