Eighteen Sermons, Title page – Table of contents
EIGHTEEN SERMONS PREACHED BY THE LATE Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, A. M.
On the following SUBJECTS:
SERMON I. A Faithful Miniſter's parting Bleſſing.
II. CHRIST, the Believer's Refuge.
III. Soul Proſperity.
IV. The Goſpel, a dying Saint's Triumph.
V. Repentance and Converſion.
VI. The beloved of GOD.
VII. The Furnace of Affliction.
VIII. The LORD our Light.
IX. Glorifying GOD in the Fire, or the right Improvement of Affliction.
X. Self-Enquiry concerning the Work of GOD.
XI. The Burning Buſh.
XII. Soul Dejection.
XIII. Spiritual Baptiſm.
XIV. Neglect of CHRIST the killing Sin.
XV. All Mens Place.
XVI. GOD, a Believer's Glory.
XVII. Jacob's Ladder.
XVIII. The Good Shepherd.
Taken verbatim in Short-Hand, and faithfully Tranſcribed by JOSEPH GURNEY.
Reviſed by ANDREW GIFFORD, D. D.
PRINTED AT NEWBURYPORT, BY EDMUND M. BLUNT. 1797.
CONTENTS.
SERMON I. A Faithful Miniſter's parting Bleſſing. A Farewell Sermon, February 23, 1763. REV. xxii. 21. THE grace of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt be with you all. Amen. 1.
SERMON II. CHRIST, the Believer's Refuge. PSALM xlvi. 1—6. GOD is our refuge and ſtrength, a very preſent help in trouble: therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and the mountains be carried into the midſt of the ſea, though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled, though the mountains ſhake with the ſwelling thereof, Selah. There is a river, the ſtreams whereof ſhall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Moſt-High: God is in the midſt of her, ſhe ſhall not be moved: God ſhall help her, and that right early. 21
SERMON III. Soul Proſperity. 3 Ep. JOHN, ver. 2. Beloved, I wiſh above all things that thou mayſt proſper, and be in health, even as thy ſoul proſpereth. 43
SERMON IV. The Goſpel a dying Saint's Triumph. A Funeral Sermon. MARK, xvi. 15, 16. And he ſaid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the goſpel to every creature. He that believeth, and is paptiſed, ſhall be ſaved, but he that believeth not, ſhall be damned. 62.
SERMON V. Repentance and Converſion. ACTS iii. 19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your ſins may be blotted out, when the times of refreſhing ſhall come from the preſence of the Lord. 86
SERMON VI. The Beloved of GOD. DEUT. xxxiii. 12. And of Benjamin he ſaid, The beloved of the Lord ſhall dwell in ſafety by him; and the Lord ſhall cover him all the day long, and he ſhall dwell between his ſhoulders. 106
SERMON VII. The Furnace of Affliction. ISAIAH xlviii. 10. I have choſen thee in the furnace of Affliction. 125
SERMON VIII. The LORD our Light. ISAIAH lx. 19, 20. The ſun ſhall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightneſs ſhall the moon give light unto thee, but the Lord ſhall be unto thee an everlaſting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy ſun ſhall no more go down, neither ſhall thy moon withdraw itſelf, for the Lord ſhall be thine everlaſting light, and the days of thy mourning ſhall be ended. 144
SERMON IX. Glorifying GOD in the Fire; or, the right Improvement of Affliction. ISAIAH xxiv. 15. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires. 162
SERMON X. Self-Enquiry concerning the Work of GOD. NUMB. xxiii. 23. According to this time it ſhall be ſaid of Jacob and of Iſrael, What hath God wrought! 179
SERMON XI. The Burning Buſh. EXOD. iii. 2, 3. And he looked, and behold the buſh burned with fire, and the buſh was not conſumed: and Moſes ſaid, I will now turn aſide, and ſee this great ſight, why the buſh is not burnt. 199
SERMON XII. Soul Dejection. PSALM xlii. 5. Why art thou caſt down, O my ſoul? and why art thou diſquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I ſhall yet praiſe him for the help of his countenance. 217
SERMON XIII. Spiritual Baptiſm. ROM. vi. 3, 4. Know ye not, that ſo many of us as were baptized into Jeſus Chriſt, were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptiſm into death: that like as Chriſt was raiſed up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even ſo we alſo ſhould walk in newneſs of life. 235
SERMON XIV. Neglect of CHRIST the killing Sin. JOHN v. 40. And ye will not come to me that ye may have life. 255
SERMON XV. All Men's Place. ECCLES. vi. 6. Do not all go to one place? 278
SERMON XVI. GOD a Believer's Glory. ISAIAH lx. 19. And thy God thy Glory. 301
SERMON XVII. Jacob's Ladder. A Farewell Sermon. GEN. xxviii. 12, &c. And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder ſet upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God aſcending and deſcending on it. And behold, the Lord ſtood above it, and ſaid, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Iſaac: the land whereon thou lieſt, to thee will I give it and to thy ſeed. And thy ſeed ſhall be as the duſt of the earth: and thou ſhalt ſpread abroad to the weſt, and to the eaſt, and to the north, and to the ſouth: and in thee, and in thy ſeed, ſhall all the families of the earth be bleſſed. And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places, whither thou goeſt, and will bring thee again into this land: for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have ſpoken to thee of. 321
SERMON XVIII. The Good Shepherd. A Farewell Sermon. JOHN x. 27, 28. My ſheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life, and they ſhall never periſh, neither ſhall any pluck them out of my hand. 345