HELPS TO REPENTANCE.

SIX LECTURES,

ADDRESSED

TO PERSONS OF DIFFERENT AGES;

DELIVERED IN

THE PARISH CHURCH OF STAGSDEN, BEDS.
DURING THE SEASON OF LENT.

BY A. WESTOBY, M.A.

CURATE,

AND CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF GLASGOW.

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LONDON:

J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY.

1834.

359:

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LONDON:

IBOTSON AND PALMER, PRINTERS, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

ON REPENTANCE, &c. ADDRESSED TO CHILDREN.

PSALM lviii. 3.

They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking

"And the Son said unto him, Father, I have sinned

against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more

worthy to be called thy son"

LECTURE III.

ADDRESSED TO THOSE IN EARLY MANHOOD.

ACTS ix. 4, 5.

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"Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he

said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said,

I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for

thee to kick against the pricks"

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LECTURE IV.

ADDRESSED TO THOSE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE.

HEB. IV. 7.

"Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David,

To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, To-day, if

ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts" 77

LECTURE V.

ADDRESSED TO PERSONS ABOVE THE AGE OF FORTY

YEARS.

LUKE xxi. 34, 35.

"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your

hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunk-

enness, and cares of this life, and so that day come

upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come

on all them that dwell on the face of the whole

earth"
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LECTURES.

LECTURE I.

ON REPENTANCE, &C. ADDRESSED TO CHIL

DREN.

(First Sunday in Lent.)

PSALM lviii. 3.

"They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies."

THIS is the account which the Psalmist gives of the children of wicked men in his day. He does not, indeed, wish it to be inferred that the children of righteous parents are by nature better than these, but he accounts for the early wickedness of some children above others—they receive no checks from parents or teachers,

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