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An Oration on the Dangers and Duties of Men of Letters
SERMON I.
The fitness of the time of the introduction of the gospel; and the necessity of a miraculous inter- position to account for its success.
GAL. iv 4. But when the fulness of time was come, God
sent forth his Son
SERMON II.
The argument for christianity from the character
of our Saviour.
JOHN vii. 46. Never man spake like this man
SERMON III.
The advantages of sickness.
PSALM CXIX. 71. It is good for me, that I have been afflicted 34-49
SERMON IV.
The excuses of the irreligious.
LUKE xiv. 18. And they all with one consent began to make
excuse
SERMON V.
The love of fame.
JOHN xii. 43. For they loved the praise of men more than
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JOHN vi. 12. Gather up the fragments that remain, that
HEBREWS Xi. 1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped
The history and character of Paul; and the causes
of obscurity in his writings.
2 PETER iii 15, 16. Even as our beloved brother Paul,
also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written
unto you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
these things, in which are some things hard to be under-
stood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own de-
struction
SERMON XII.
Habit.
JEREMIAH Xiii. 23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or
the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are
accustomed to do evil
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154--169
SERMON XIII.
Confession of Christ.
MATTHEW X. 32. Whosoever shall confess me before men,
him will I also confess before my Father, which is in
heaven
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170-181
SERMON XV.
The introduction of the affections into religion.
PHILIPPIANS i. 9. And this I pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more
SERMON XVI.
Self-government.
PROVERBS XXV. 28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit
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is like a city, that is broken down, and without walls 213-227
SERMON XVII.
Self-knowledge.
1 CORINTHIANS xi. 31. If we would judge ourselves, we
228-237
SERMON XIX.
The Pharisee and the Publican.
LUKE Xviii. 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray;
the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican
SERMON XX.
The character of Peter.
MATTHEW XXVi 35. Peter said unto him, Though I should
die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. LUKE xxii. 61,
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62. And the Lord turned, and looked, upon Peter. And
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had siad
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly
SERMON XXI.
The religious education of children.
EPHESIANS vi. 4. Fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord
SERMON XXII.
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283--296
The circumstances, in the situation of our country,
favourable to moral and religious eminence.
DEUTERONOMY xxxiii. 29. Happy art thou, O Israel, who
is like unto thee?
(Preached on the occasion of the State Thanksgiving, Nov. 1807.)
SERMON XXIII.
The influence of the gospel on the character and
condition of the female sex.
PHILIPPIANS iv. 3. I entreat thee,--help those women,
which laboured with me in the gospel,-whose names
are in the book of life
(Preached before the Boston Female Asylum, Sept. 1810.)
SERMON XXIV.
The connexion and mutual influence of knowledge,
Piety, and charity.
2 PETER i. 5--7. Add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue,
knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to tem-
perance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to
godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kind-
ness, charity
The Right Hand of fellowship, delivered at the
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334--349
ordination of the Rev. C. Lowell, Jan. 1, 1806 350-353
MEMOIR
OF THE
LIFE AND CHARACTER
REV. JOSEPH S. BUCKMINSTER.