Sermons and Discourses Volume 8, Frontispiece – Table of contents
The most Reverend Dr. IOHN TILLOTSON late Arch-Biſhop of Canterbury.
Several DISCOURSES OF REPENTANCE. viz.
The Neceſſity of Repentance and Faith.
Of confeſſing and forſaking Sin, in order to Pardon.
Of Confeſſion, and Sorrow for Sin.
The Unprofitableneſs of Sin in this Life, an Argument for Repentance.
The Shamefulneſs of Sin, an Argument for Repentance.
The final Iſſue of Sin, an Argument for Repentance.
The preſent and future Advantage of an Holy and Virtuous Life.
The Nature and Neceſſity of holy Reſolution.
The Nature and Neceſſity of Reſtitution.
The Uſefulneſs of Conſideration, in order to Repentance.
The Danger of Impenitence, where the Goſpel is preach'd.
By the Moſt Reverend Dr. JOHN TILLOTSON, Late Lord Arch-Biſhop of Canterbury.
Being The EIGHTH VOLUME, Publiſhed from the Originals, By Ralph Barker, D. D. Chaplain to his Grace.
LONDON, Printed for Ri. Chiſwell, at the Roſe and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1700.
THE CONTENTS.
SERMON I. The Neceſſity of Repentance and Faith.
ACTS XX.21.
Teſtifying both to the Jews, and alſo to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jeſus Chriſt.
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SERMON II. Preach'd on Aſh-Wedneſday. Of confeſſing and forſaking Sin, in order to Pardon.
PROV. XXVIII.13.
He that covereth his Sins ſhall not proſper: but whoſo confeſſeth and forſaketh them, ſhall have mercy.
p. 29
SERMON III. Of Confeſſion and Sorrow for Sin.
PSAL. XXXVIII.18.
I will declare mine Iniquity, and be ſorry for my Sin.
p. 69
SERMON IV. Preach'd on Aſh-Wedneſday, 1689. The Unprofitableneſs of Sin in this Life, an Argument for Repentance.
JOB XXXIII.27, 28.
He looketh upon men, and if any ſay, I have ſinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his ſoul from going into the pit, and his life ſhall ſee the light.
p. 101
SERMON V, VI, VII, VIII. The Shamefulneſs of Sin, an Argument for Repentance.
ROM. VI.21, 22.
What fruit had ye then in thoſe things, whereof ye are now aſhamed? For the end of thoſe things is Death. But now being made free from ſin, and become Servants to God, ye have your fruit unto Holineſs, and the end everlaſting life.
p. 137, 169, 193, 225
SERMON IX, X, XI. The Nature and Neceſſity of holy Reſolution.
JOB XXXIV.31, 32.
Surely it is meet to be ſaid unto God, I have born chaſtiſement, I will not offend any more: That which I ſee not, teach thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
p. 271, 299, 327
SERMON XII, XIII. The Nature and Neceſſity of Reſtitution.
LUKE XIX.8, 9.
And if I have taken any thing from any Man by falſe accuſation, I reſtore him fourfold. And Jeſus ſaid unto him, This day is Salvation come to this houſe.
p. 353, 385
SERMON XIV. The Uſefulneſs of Conſideration, in order to Repentance.
DEUT. XXXII.29.
O that they were wiſe, that they underſtood this, that they would conſider their latter end!
p. 417
SERMON XV. The Danger of Impenitence, where the Goſpel is preach'd.
MATTH. XI.21, 22.
Woe unto thee Chorazin, woe unto thee Bethſaida: for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in ſackcloth and aſhes. But I ſay unto you, It ſhall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
p. 443