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THe Benefits of a Good, and Miſchiefs of an Evil Conſcience. Being Fourteen Sermons Preached from Three ſeveral Texts.
TWelve Single Sermons on various Subjects, Tending to Promote Godlineſs, and quicken Perſons to walk in the way of Salvation.
THe Great and Laſt Day of Judgment: Or, The laſt Trumpet Sounding, the Graves Opening, all the Dead ariſing, to receive their laſt Sentence from the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, who will deſcend from Heaven in Matchleſs Glory, to Reward the Godly, and Puniſh the Wicked to all Eternity. In ſeveral Sermons.
INvitations to the Goſpel Feaſt, or Free Offers of Salvation through Chriſt. Eleven Sermons, from Luke XIV 16. — 24
AN Eſſay on the Decalogue or Ten Commandments. Deſigned as an help to our better Knowing and Keeping them; and particularly as an help in that Important Duty of Self-Examination. A Book proper to be Charitably diſtributed by thoſe to diſpoſed.
CHriſtian Advice to the Si…k and Well. In Anſwer to theſe Queſtions. I. What ſhould Chriſtians do, when under Bodily Sickneſs? II. How ſhould Chriſtians in Health, improve the Sickneſs of others; and how ſhould they carry it towards the Sick? III. How ſhould Chriſtians behave themſelves, when Recovered from Sickneſs? And None but the Righteous ſaved; A Sermon on 1 Cor. 6.9.
FIve Sermons: Viz. The Firſt on Sept. 30th 1711. From Pſal. 73.1. Being the Laſt Deliver'd in the Old Meeting Houſe, which was Burnt, Octob. 2. 1711. The Second from Lam. 3.51. At the South Meeting Houſe in Boſton, the Firſt Lord's Day after the Fire. The Third from Pſal. 26.8. On a Faſt Kept by the Old Church. The Fourth from Hag. 2.9. Being the Firſt in the Brick Meeting Houſe, where the former was Burnt. The Fifth from Zech. 4.7. A Thanksgiving Sermon, for God's Goodneſs in providing a New Meeting Houſe for the Old Church. With a Preface giving ſome Account of the Fire.
HEarty Submiſſion and Reſignation to the Will of GOD, under Afflictions, Preſſed upon Chriſtans, as a very Neceſſary and Important Duty. In ſeveral Sermons.
Theſe Eight by the Rd. M. Benjamin Wadſworth, Paſtor of a Church of Chriſt in Boſton.
A Diſcourſe of the Glory to which GOD hath called Believers by Jeſus Chriſt. Delivered in ſome Sermons out of 1 Pet. V. ch 10. v. Together with an annexed Letter. Both, by that Eminent and Worthy Miniſter of the Goſpel, Mr. Jonathan Mitchel, late Paſtor of the Church at Cambridge in New England. The ſecond Edition with a Preface by Increaſe Mather, D. D
THe Practice of Piety: Directing a Chriſtian how to walk that he may pleaſe GOD.
THe Chriſtians Exerciſe by Satan's Temptations: Or, an Eſſay to diſcover the methods which this Adverſary uſeth to Tempt the Children of GOD; and to direct them how to eſcape the miſchief thereof Being the Subſtance of ſeveral Sermons preached on that Subject.
Spiritual Deſertions Diſcovered and Remedied. Being the, Subſtance of divers Sermons Preached for the help of dark Souls, labouring under Divine withdrawings.
Theſe two by the late Rd. Mr. Samuel Willa…d.
A Plain Diſcourſe ſhewing who ſhall, and who ſhall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven; and how far Men may go, and yet fall ſhort of Heaven, after their ſeeming to be Converted and Religious. By Increaſe Mather, D.D.
THe Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praiſe. A Treatiſe of preventing, ſecret and unexpected Mercies, with ſome mixt Reflexions. By the late Revd. Mr. Samuel Lee.
A Funeral Sermon on the Death of that Learned and Excellent Divine, the Reverend Mr. Samuel Willard, Paſtor of a Church of Chriſt in Boſton, and Vice-Preſident of Harvard College. By the late Revd Mr Ebenezer Pemberton. To which is annexed a Poem on the ſame ſorrowful Occaſion, by the Rd. Mr. Benjamin Colman.
THe Doleful State of the Damned; eſpecially ſuch as go to Hell from under the Goſpel; Aggravated from their Apprehenſions of the Saints Happineſs in Heaven. Being the Subſtance of ſeveral Sermons. By Samuel Moodey, M. A. Paſtor of the Church of Chriſt in York.
THe Beſt Friend ſtanding at the Door; or Chriſt Awakening and Affectionate Call, both to Profeſſors and Secure Sinners, for Entrance into the Houſe. In Six Sermons. By John Ryther Miniſter of the Goſpel in Wapping.
MAn's Whole Duty: Or the Rule of a Chriſtian's Life and Converſation. Containing plain and ſhort Directions for the Performance of the ſeveral Duties thereof.
MEat out of the Eater: Or Meditations concerning the Neceſſity, End and Uſefulneſs of Afflictions unto GOD's Children. All rending to prepare them for, and comfort them under the Croſs. By Michael Wiggleſworth.
A Diſcourſe concerning the Beauty of Providence. By John Wilkins, D. D.
SAcramental Meditations upon divers Select Places of Scripture. By John Flavel, late Miniſter of Chriſt in Devon.
TWo brief Diſcourſes. The one offering Methods and Motives for Parents to Catechize their Children, while yet under the Tuition of their Parents. The other, offering ſome Inſtructions for Children, how they may do well, when they come to Years of doing for themſelves.
THe Mariners Divine Mate; or Spiritual Navigation improved. In the right Management of the Heavenly Voyage, by every one that intends to be Saved. With ſerious Obſervations and profitable Application.
THe Wars of the Jews. In two Books. With the moſt Deplorable Hiſtory of the Siege and Deſtruction of the City of Jeruſalem. Epitomiz'd from the Works of Flavius Joſephus.
THe Spiritual Warfare; or ſome Sermons concerning the Nature of Mortification, together with the right Exerciſe and Spiritual Advantages thereof. Whereunto are added other Two Sermons▪ concerning the Myſtery of Contentment under Afflicting Rods and Pinching Diſpenſations. By that Pious and Faithful Servant of Chriſt, Mr. Andrew Gray, Miniſter of the Goſpel, whilſt he liv'd, in the City of Glaſgow.
THe Iſle of Man. Or the Legal Proceeding in Man-Shire againſt Sin. Wherein, by way of a continued Allegory, the chief Malefactors diſturbing both Church and Common-wealth, are Detected and Attached; with their Arraignment and Judicial Tryal according to the Laws of England. To which is added, The Contents of the Book for Spiritual Uſe; with an Apology for the manner of handling, moſt neceſſary to be firſt Read, for direction in the right uſe of the Allegory throughout. By Richard Bernard, Rector of Batcomb in Somerſetſhire.
A Dying Fathers laſt Legacy to an only Child: Or▪ Mr. Hugh Peters Advice to his Daughter. Written by his own hand, during his late Impriſonment in the Tower of London; and given her a little before his Death.
A Preparation for Judgment. A Sermon Preached in London: Wherein is ſhew'd, That the only Time that Men have to Provide for their Eternal Condition, is the Time of this Life: For after Death comes Judgment. By the Late Reverend, Mr. J. Burroughs.
THe ſecond Spir…: Being a fearful Example of an Atheiſt, Who had Apoſtatiz'd from the Chriſtian Religion, and died in Deſpair at Weſtminſter, Decemb 8. 1692. With an Account of his Sickneſs, Convictions, Diſcourſes with Friends and Miniſters; and of his dreadful Expreſſions and Blaſphemies when he left this World. As alſo a Letter from an Atheiſt of his Acquaintance with his Anſwer to it. Publiſh'd for an Example to others, and Recommended to all Young Perſons to ſettle them in their Religion. By J. S. Miniſter of the Church of England.
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