SERMON XIV

SELF-EXAMINATION

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's

- but Israel doth not know, my people doth

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SERMON XVI

THE CHARACTER OF SHIMEI

But Abishai said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for

this?-2 SAMUEL Xix. 21, First Part.

SERMON XVII

THE CASE OF HEZEKIAH AND THE MESSENGERS

And he said, What have they seen in thine house? and

Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house

have they seen; there is nothing amongst all my treasures

that I have not shown them. -2 KINGS XX. 15.

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no

king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning

on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took unto him a

concubine.- JUDGES xix. 1, 2, 3.

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He hoped also, that money should have been given him

of Paul, that he might loose him. — ACTS xxiv. 26.

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SERMON XX

THE PRODIGAL SON

And not many days after, the younger son gathered

all he had together, and took his journey into a far

country. LUKE xv. 13.

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,

What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the

judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's

bondsmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt

with a mighty hand. DEUTERONOMY vi. 20, 21.

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"Whosoever drinketh of this water will thirst again"....

"A certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was; and when he saw him he had compassion on him".

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