NEW SERMONS TO ASSES. LECTURES TO LORDS SPIRITUAL. DEDICATION-Ad Dominos Spirituales. LECTURE I.-Matt. xxiii. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoul- II. The like text. VI.-A Bishop must be blameless, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not greedy of filthy lucre, not covetous. VII.-Numbers, xviii. 24. But the tythes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit; therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. VIII. Eccles. xii. 14. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be IX.-II. Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god: cither he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he SERMON I.-Mark, xvi. 15. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. II.--Mark, xvi. 15. Preach the gospel to every creature.— He that believeth, shall be saved; and he that believ III.-Mark, xvi. 15. Preach the gospel to every creature. VIII.-I. Kings, xii. 18. Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the treasury, and all Israel stoned him IX. II. Sam. xxiv. 14. And David said, I am in a great strait: let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the X.-II. Chron. iv. 2. And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is nothing with thee to help with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God, for we rest in thee, and in thy name go against this multitude. So the Lord SERMONS то ASSES. A Nation of Slaves is a Kingdom of Asses."-SERMON I, PRINTED BY AND FOR W, HONE, 67, OLD BAILEY, THREE DOORS FROM LUDGATE HILL. DEDICATION. TO THE VERY EXCELLENT AND REVEREND THERE are no persons in Britain so worthy of a dedication of a work of this kind as yourselves. Some of you have preached for many years to the members of the congregation that these Sermons are designed for;-and all of you, as far as your influence can reach, wish well to ASSES. If I have offended your excellencies by encroaching upon your employment, it is fit I should beg your pardon, or make some apology. But, as I once heard one of yourselves say, in a sermon, that there were plenty of work for you, and many more in that way, I hope you will not be offended at receiving a little assistance from one who means well to your congregations. Hoping you will recommend these Sermons to your numerous acquaintances and friends, I am, Your most humble Servant, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. IT is usual for Preachers, when they publish Sermons, to assign reasons why they do so. The desire of friends, and the request of better judges, are often given for reasons of publication. The author of these Sermons does not pretend to any of these reasons; yet he conceives he bas sufficient reasons for printing his Sermons. The audience to whom he intends to be useful is far too large for any human voice to extend to them all; and as he could not speak to them all, so as to make them hear, he made choice of this method to communicate his thoughts. When a person is disposed to preach a sermon or two for the edification of any of God's creatures, he is under great difficulties to find a proper subject to discourse upon. Almost every character has been described in some sermon or lecture; and there is not a power of the mind, nor a member of the body, but has been preached and lectured thread-bare. There are now Sermons to Young Men, and Sermons to Young Women; Lectures on Heads, and Lectures on Hearts. Almost every subject is exhausted and sermonized to death. B The |