of it; that though this Sermon had been feveral times preached as a Cha rity Sermon, it was not my defign to publifh it as fuch; and the Addition for Charity was expressly ordered to be omitted; yet, as it happened by fome neglect or mistake to be printed off, before I was acquainted with it, I thought it better to let it ftand as it was, than to cancel two leaves on that account.

JOHN BERRIMAN.

Jan. 1, 1763.

CON

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

Preached on the first Sunday after Induction.

The Relative Duties of CLERGY and PEOPLE.

MAL. ii. 7.

For the priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should feek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of bofts. Page I

SERMON II.

Family Religion recommended,

JOSH. xxiv. 15.

But as for me and my house, we will ferve the Lord.

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SERMON III.

Preached on CHRISTMAS DAY.

The Circumftances of CHRIST'S BIRTH practically confidered.

LUKE

LUKE ii. 7.

"And She brought forth her firft-born Son, and
wrapped him in fwaddling clothes, and
laid him in a manger, because there was
no room for them in the inn.

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SERMON IV.

Preached on GOOD FRIDAY.

The Brazen Serpent a TYPE of CHRIST.
JOHN iii. 14, 15.

And as Mofes lifted up the serpent in the wil-
dernefs, even fo muft the Son of man be
lifted up: that whofoever believeth in him,
fhould not perish, but have eternal life.
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SERMON V.

Preached on EASTER DAY.

CHRIST the LIVING ONE, and the GIVER
of Life,

REV. i. 18.

I am he that liveth and was dead: and be-
bold I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death. Page 132
SER

A

VI.

SERMON
Preached on St. Peter's Day.

The Pope's Supremacy not founded on

SCRIPTURE.

MATT. xvi. 18.

And I fay unto thee, that thou art Peter; and

upon this rock I will build my church, and

the gates of hell fhall not prevail against it.

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SERMON VII.

MANNA in the Wilderness confidered and

applied.

DEUT. viii. 3.

And he humbled thee, and fuffered thee to hun-

ger; and fed thee with manna (which thou

kneweft not, neither did thy fathers know,)

that he might make thee know, that man

liveth not by bread only, but by every
word

that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord,

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doth man live.

SERMON VIII.

Of the REVERENCE due to CHURCHES.

GENESIS XXViii. 17.

How dreadful is this place! This is none

other than the house of God,

the gate of heaven.

and this is

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SER-

SERMON

IX.

JUSTICE in paying Debts explained and enforced.

ROM. xiii. 8.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.

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SERMON X.

OBJECTIONS answered, and DIRECTIONS given.

The fame Text.

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SERMON XI.

GOD neither tempteth, nor is tempted.

JAMES i. 13.

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SERMON XII.

Objections against the foregoing Doctrine

answered.

The fame Text.

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SERMON XIII.

Objections against the foregoing Doctrine anfwered.