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FORTY SERMONS UPON Several Occaſions By the Late REVEREND and LEARNED Anthony Tuckney, D. D.
Sometimes Maſter of Emmanuel and St John's Colledge (ſucceſſively) and Regius Profeſſor of Divinity in the Univerſity of CAMBRIDGE.
Publiſhed according to his own Copies.
By his Son JONATHAN TƲCKNEY, M. A.
Sometimes Fellow of St John's Coll. in Cambridge.
LONDON, Printed by J. M. for Jonathan Robinſon and Brabazon Aylmer, at the Golden Lyon in St Pauls Church-Yard, and at the three Pigeons in Cornhill. MDCLXXVI.
TO THE READER.
Chriſtian Reader,
THat thou art here preſented with the enſuing Sermons, is from the ſame deſire and deſign that acted the Reverend Author in the preaching of them, viz. of recommending the Truth and Grace of God to whomſoever they ſhall come. And having been with approbation and acceptance entertain'd in thoſe publick Auditories where they were delivered; It is to be hoped that being now expoſed to publick view from the Preſs, they will no leſs both profit and delight. The matter and contexture of them will eaſily induce any who knew the Author to believe them to be his. But that none may think themſelves impoſed upon, they may be aſſured that they have all been carefully and faithfully tranſcribed out of his own Notes which he left behind him. And though ſome of them may be more peculiar in their uſe to ſome ſort of perſons according to the Auditories whereto they were preached; yet even in them there is handled matter of univerſal Chriſtian knowledge.
That therefore the great end of all Preaching, Writing and Reading (namely Knowing, Loving, and Living to God in Chriſt) may hereby be promoted, God Himſelf of His mercy grant, who teacheth his to profit: And ſo neither ſhall the Publiſher, to whom the Author's memory ought to be ever precious, nor the Reader have cauſe to repent them.
Decemb. 6. 1675. Jonathan Tuckney.
THE TEXTS OF THE Several Sermons.
12 SErmons on Phil. 3. 8. and on 5 and 6 Verſes, viz.
V. 8. Yea doubtleſs, and I count all things but loſs, for the Excellency of the knowledge of Chriſt Jeſus my Lord.
V. 5. Circumciſed the eighth day, of the ſtock of Iſrael, of the Tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, as touching the Law, a Phariſee.
V. 6. Concerning zeal, perſecuting the Church, touching the righteouſneſs which is in the law, blameleſs.
Sermon 13, 14, 15, and 16. on Prov. 8. 21. That I may cauſe thoſe that love me to inherit ſubſtance, and I will fill their Treaſures.
Sermon 17, 18, 19, and 20. on 2 Pet. 1. 4. That by theſe you might be partakers of the Divine Nature.
Sermon 21. on Philip. 1. 27. Only let your Converſation be as becometh the Goſpel of Chriſt.
Sermon 22, and 23. on Pſalm 119. 96. I have ſeen an end of all perfections: but thy Commandment is exceeding broad.
Sermon 24. on Exodus 28. 36. Holineſs to the Lord—
Sermon 25. on Matth. 5. 13. Ye are the ſalt of the earth: but if the ſalt have loſt his ſavour, wherewith ſhall it be ſalted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be caſt out, and trodden under-foot of men.
Sermon 26, and 27. on Iſa. 32. 1, 2.
V. 1. Behold, a King ſhall reign in righteouſneſs, and Princes ſhall rule in Judgment.
V. 2. And a man ſhall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the Tempeſt, as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the ſhadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Sermon 28. on John 5. 14. Afterward Jeſus findeth him in the Temple, and ſaid unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: ſin no more, leſt a worſe thing come unto thee.
Sermon 29, 30, 31. on Pſalm 73. 28. But it is good for me to draw near to God.
Sermon 32, 33. on Luke 21. 19. In your patience poſſeſs ye your Souls.
Sermon 34, 35, and 36. on Gen. 49. 18. I have waited for thy Salvation, O Lord.
Sermon 37, and 38. on Matth. 24. 45, and 46. Who then is a faithful and wiſe Servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his Houſhold, to give them meat in due ſeaſon?
Bleſſed is that ſervant, whom his Lord when he cometh, ſhall find ſo doing.
Sermon 39, and 40. on Philip. 1. 21. For to me to live is Chriſt, and to die is gain.