THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE; IN SIX VOLUMES ; CONTAINING THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENT....A SERMONS....LETTERS, &c. WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. VOLUME V. NEW YORK: C. St ebbins, Printer, Bostor. 1814. CONTENTS.. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one should rise from the But thou, when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher ; then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them who sit at meat with thee; for whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exaltedo For our conversation is in lieaven.--Phil. iii, 20. Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved,—what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? looking and hastening unto the coming of God. -2 Pet. üi. xi. 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 THIRTIETH OF JANUARY, 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. p. 125. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long. suffering,-knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance !.Rom. ii. 4 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, there- fore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccles, viü. 17. |