Fifteen Sermons, Title page – Table of contents
FIFTEEN SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS IMPORTANT SUBJECTS,
By GEORGE WHITEFIELD, A. B. LATE OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD.
CAREFULLY CORRECTED AND REVISED ACCORDING TO THE BEST LONDON EDITION.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A SERMON, ON THE CHARACTER, PREACHING, &c. OF THE REV. Mr. WHITEFIELD.
BY JOSEPH SMITH, V.D.M.
PHILADELPHIA. Printed by MATHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street, 1794.
CONTENTS.
A Sermon, on the Character, Preaching, &c. of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield. By Joſeph Smith. V.D.M.
Job xxxii. 17. I ſaid, I will anſwer alſo my part, I alſo will ſhew mine opinion. 11
SERM. I. The Lord our Righteouſneſs. Jer. xxiii. 6. The Lord our righteouſneſs. 31
SERM. II. The Seed of the Woman, and Seed of the Serpent. Gen. iii. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy ſeed and her ſeed; it ſhall bruiſe thy head, and thou ſhalt bruiſe his heel. 54
SERM. III. Perſecution … Chriſtian's Lot. 2 Tim. iii. …. Yea, and all that will live godly in Chriſt Jeſus, ſhall ſuffer perſecution. 78
SERM. IV. Abraham's offering up his Son Iſaac. Gen. xxii. 12. And he ſaid, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou feareſt God, ſeeing thou haſt not withheld thy ſon, thine only ſon from me. 98
SERM. V. Saul's Converſion. Acts ix. 22. But Saul increaſed the more in ſtrength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damaſcus, proving that this is very Chriſt. 117
SERM. VI. Chriſt, the Believer's Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption. 1 Cor. i. 30. But of him are ye in Chriſt Jeſus, who of God is made unto us, wiſdom, righteouſneſs, ſanctification, and redemption. 141
SERM. VII. The Phariſee and Publican. Luke xviii. 14. I tell you, this man went down to his houſe juſtified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himſelf, ſhall be abaſed; and he that humbleth himſelf, ſhall be exalted. 161
SERM. VIII. The Holy Spirit convincing the World of Sin, of Righteouſneſs, and of Judgment. John xvi. 8. And …hen he is come, he will reprove the world of ſin, and of righteouſneſs and of judgment. 179
SERM. IX. The Converſion of Zaccheus. Luke xix. 9, 10. And Jeſus ſaid unto him, This day is ſalvation come to this houſe; foraſmuch as he alſo is the ſon of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to ſeek and to ſave that which was loſt. 199
SERM. X. The Power of Chriſt's Reſurrection. Philip. iii. 10. That I may know him and the power of his Reſurrection. 210
SERM. XI. The indwelling of the Spirit, the common Privilege of all Believers. John vii. 37, 38, 39. In the laſt day, that great day of the feaſt, Jeſus ſtood and cried, ſaying, If any man thirſt, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the ſcripture hath ſaid, out of his belly ſhall flow rivers of living water. But this ſpake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him ſhould receive. 230
SERM. XII. The eternity of Hell-Torments. Matth. xxv. 46. Theſe ſhall go away into everlaſting puniſhment. 249
SERM. XIII. The great Duty of Family Religion. Joſhua xxiv. 15. As for me and my houſe, we will ſerve the Lord. 263
SERM. XIV. The Method of Grace. Jer. vi. 14. They have healed alſo the hurt of the daughter of my people ſlightly, ſaying, peace, peace, when there is no peace. 280
SERM. XV. The wiſe and fooliſh Virgins. Matth xxv 13. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the … hour in which the Son of man come…. 302