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SERMONS
BY
LAURENCE STERNE,
A.M. PREBENDARY OF YORK, AND VICAR OF SUTTON ON THE FOREST, AND OF STILLINGTON NEAR YORK
CONTENTS
SERMON XXII
THE HISTORY OF JACOB CONSIDERED
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of
my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and
evil have the days of the years of my life been. GENESIS
xlvii. 9.
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SERMON XXIII
THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
CONSIDERED.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
should rise from the dead. — LUKE xvi. 31,
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SERMON XXIV
PRIDE.
But thou, when thou art bidden, go and sit down in
the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh,
he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt
thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat
with thee: for whosoever exalteth himself, shall be abased;
and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. — LUKE
xiv. 10, 11.
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SERMON XXV
HUMILITY
Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. - MATTHEW xi. 29.
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SERMON XXVI
ADVANTAGES OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE WORLD
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.-
ROMANS i. 22.
SERMON XXVII
THE ABUSES OF CONSCIENCE CONSIDERED
For we trust we have a good conscience.
HEBREWS xiii. 18.
SERMON XXVIII
TEMPORAL ADVANTAGES OF RELIGION
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are
peace. PROVERBS iii. 17.
For our Conversation is in Heaven. - PHILIPPIANS
iii. 20, 1st Part.
SERMON XXX
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD
Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver-
sation and godliness? looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God. 2 PETER iii. 11.
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And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,
Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye
so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness
we had made this man to walk?-ACTS iii. 12.
SERMON XXXII
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And I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift
up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are
increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto
the heavens. Since the days of our fathers have we been
in a great trespass unto this day. — EZRA ix. 6, 7.
SERMON XXXIII
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EVIL.
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not knowing that the
Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbear-
ance, and long-suffering,
goodness of GOD leadeth thee to repentance? - ROMANS
xi. 4.
thou shalt take him from my
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour,
to slay him with guile;
altar, that he may die. - EXODUS xxi. 14.