THE

WORKS .

OF THE

RIGHT REVEREND

GEORGE HORNE, D.D.

LATE

· LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE, STUDIES,

AND

WRITINGS,

By WILLIAM JONES, M.A. F.R.S.

ONE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S CHAPLAINS,

AND LONG HIS MOST INTIMATE AND CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND.

VOL. IV.

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CONTENTS.

DISCOURSE I.

The blessed Effects of Perseverance.

. 2 Thess. iii. 13.

Be not weary in well doing ................................. Page 1

Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, before the

Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, June 12, 1783.

DISCOURSE II. :

The Antiquity, Use, and Excellence of Church Music.

Psalm Ivii. 8.

Awake up my glory; awake, lute and harp! ..................... 15

Preached at the opening of a new Organ in the Cathedral

Church of Christ, Canterbury, July 8, 1784.

DISCOURSE III.

The Character of true Wisdom, and the Means of obtaining it.

Prov, iv. 7.

Wasdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom, and with all

Thy getting, get understanding .................................. 27

; Preached before the Society of Gentlemen educated in the
King's School, Canterbury, Aug. 26, 1784.

DISCOURSE IV.

The Praise of God perfected out of the Mouths of Babes and

Sucklings.

Psalm xxxiv. 11.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of

the Lord .....................

................. 47

Preached at the Parish Church of St. Alphage, Canterbury,
December 18, 1785.

DISCOURSE V.

The Duty of contending for the Faith. :

Jude, verse 3.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the com-

mon' salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and er:

hort you that you should contend earnestly for the faith which

was once delivered to the saints .................................. 60

Preached at the Primary Visitation of the most reverend John,

Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Cathedral and Metropo-

litical Church, July 1, 1786...

· DISCOURSE VI.

The Trinity in Unity.

· Matt. xxviii. 19.

Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name

of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ...... 84

Preached in the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of
Christ, Canterbury, on Trinity Sunday, 1786.

DISCOURSE VII.

Charity recommended on its true Motives.

1 John, iv. 11.

If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another ......... 99

Preached at St. George's, Bloomsbury, before the Governors

of the Benevolent Institution for the Delivery of Poor Married
Women at their own Habitations, March 30, 1788.