SERMONS ON "THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES," RECENTLY PREACHED AT MARGARET'S CHAPEL IN THE CITY OF BATH. BY THE REV. HARVEY MARRIOTT, RECTOR OF CLAVERTON, AND CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD KENYON. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY RICHARD CRUTTWELL, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, BATH; AND PUBLISHED BY HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY, LONDON; 1828. ADVERTISEMENT. IT is not with the rash attempt to explain unfulfilled prophecy, nor with the desire of scrutinizing presumptuously into the hidden ways of God, that the Author ventures to submit the following Sermons to the public eye. He would strongly endeavour, in the transactions of public, as well as in the most minute circumstances of private life, so far only to trace "the finger of God," as shall make these events, what they seem always intended to be, illustrative of spiritual good. In the wonders of providential guidance, whether manifested in the Word, in the Works, or in the Ways of God, he would gladly have his own mind led to see God's love manifested throughout, in tender mercy warning, or in parental love inviting, all to seek after and to accept "the unsearchable riches of Christ." He would wish, should it so please God to bless such instrumentality, to call the attention of those into whose hands these Sermons may happen to fall, to the solemn consideration of these peculiarly eventful times; and that each may strive, through the sanctifying influence of the Spirit of eternal truth, to become a practical illustration, in heart and manner of life, of the true believer's most ardent and daily prayer of "Thy Kingdom come:" that each may thus glorify the Saviour in being more and more conformed to his image, and so made "meet for the "inheritance of his Saints in light," here in the rich enjoyment of present peace, and hereafter in the full fruition of purchased glory. |