Ten Sermons, Title page – Table of contents
TEN SERMONS PREACHED Upon several Occasions.
By Peter du Moulin, D. D. and Prebendary of Christ's Church in Canterbury.
LONDON, Printed for Rich. Royston, Bookseller to His most Sacred Majesty; 1684.
THE PREFACE
BEing now barred from the Pulpit by the infirmities of Old Age, yet very loth to give over my sacred and beloved Office of Evangelist, I endeavour to continue it by committing to the Press some Sermons, which I have formerly preach'd. And I am not herein deterred by the multitude of printed Sermons of eminent Divines. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a Man hath, and not according to that he hath not. Candles were made to give light, as well as Tapers. Neither are mean Capacities exempted from obeying our great Master's Command, to make our light to shine before men.
Peter du Moulin.
TITLES and TEXTS OF THE SERMONS.
Abraham's Sacrifice. Sermon I. GEN. xxii. 7, 8. And Isaac spake to Abraham his Father, and said, My Father: And he said, Here am I my Son. And he said, Behold the fire and wood; but where is the Lamb for the Burnt-offering? And Abraham said, My Son, God will provide himself a Lamb for a burnt-offering: And they went both of them together. p. 1.
JACOB and ESAU. Serm. II. Gen. xxvii. 35. And he said, Thy Brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy Blessing. page. 31.
Add to your Faith Vertue. Serm. III. 2 Pet. I. 5. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith vertue, and to vertue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance. page. 65
Parable of the growing Seed. Serm. IV. Mark iv. 26, 27, 28, 29. So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, and should sleep, and rise night and day: And the seed should spring and grow up he knoweth not how. For the earth brings forth fruit of her self, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is came. pag. 95.
If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask if of God. Serm. V. Jam. I. 5. If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of God. pag. 117
The rich & poor meet together. Serm. VI. Prov. xxii. 2. The rich and poor meet together: The Lord is the Maker of them all. pag. 139
Not as I will, but as thou wilt. Serm. VII. Matth. xxvi. 39. —Not as I will, but as thou wilt. pag. 165
The Meek shall inherit the Earth, &c. Serm. VIII. Psal. xxxvii. 11. But the Meek shall inherit the Earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. pag. 187
I will make you Fishers of Men. Serm. IX. Matt. iv. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. And Jesus walking by the Sea-side, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a Net into the Sea: (for they were Fishers.) And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straight-way left their Nets, and followed him. And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the Son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their Father, mending their Nets: and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their Father, and followed him. pag. 209
God's face and back-parts. Serm. X. Exod. xxxiii. 23. And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts; but my face shall not be seen. p. 237