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THE
WORKS
OF
RICHARD HURD, D.D.
LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER.
VOL. VI.
Printed by J. Nichols and Son,
Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London.
THE
WORKS
OF
RICHARD HURD, D.D.
LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER.
IN EIGHT VOLUMES.
VOL. VI.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND.
1811.
THEOLOGICAL WORKS.
VOL. II.
SERMONS
PREACHED AT
LINCOLN’S-INN,
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1765 AND 1776:
WITH
A LARGER DISCOURSE,
ON
CHRIST’S DRIVING THE MERCHANTS
OUT OF THE TEMPLE;
IN WHICH THE NATURE AND END OF THAT FAMOUS
TRANSACTION IS EXPLAINED.
SATIS ME VIXISSE ARBITRABOR, ET OFFICIUM HOMINIS IMPLESSE, SI LABOR MEUS ALIQUOS HOMINES, AB ERRORIBUS LIBERATOS, AD ITER CŒLESTE DIREXERIT. Lactantius.
TO THE
MASTERS OF THE BENCH
OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF
LINCOLN’S INN,
THE FOLLOWING SERMONS,
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR MANY AND
GREAT FAVOURS,
ARE BY THE AUTHOR
MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SIXTH VOLUME.
| [Sermon I. Preached Feb. 3, 1771. Mat. xiii. 51, 52.] | |
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| Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. | 1 |
| [Sermon II. Preached Nov. 8, 1767. 1 Cor. x. 15.] | |
| I speak as to wise men: judge ye what I say. | 23 |
| [Sermon III. Preached May 17, 1767. Rom. ii. 14, 15.] | |
| When the Gentiles, which have not the Law, DO by Nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves: which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their CONSCIENCEalso bearing witness, and their thoughts in the mean while ACCUSING or elseEXCUSING one another. | 37 |
| [Sermon IV. Preached May 24, 1767. Gal. iii. 19.] | |
| Wherefore then serveth the Law? | 52 |
| [Sermon V. Preached May 1, 1768. Heb. ii. 3.] | |
| How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation? | 67 |
| [Sermon VI. Preached Nov. 16, 1766. John xiv. 8.] | |
| Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. | 83 |
| [Sermon VII. Preached in the year 1771. James iv. 1.] | |
| From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? | 101 |
| [Sermon VIII. Preached April 29, 1770. 1 Tim. i. 5.] | |
| The end of the Commandment is Charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. | 116 |
| [Sermon IX. Preached Nov. 9, 1766. Rom. xii. 10.] | |
| —In honour preferring one another. | 130 |
| [Sermon X. Preached May 6, 1770. John xiii. 8.] | |
| —Jesus answered him, if I wash thee not, thou host no part with me. | 143 |
| [Sermon XI. Preached June 20, 1773. Mark ix. 49.] | |
| For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. | 160 |
| [Sermon XII. Preached Feb. 9, 1766. Gal. vi. 3.] | |
| If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. | 174 |
| [Sermon XIII. Preached May 16, 1773. 2 Cor. x. 12.] | |
| We dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves, with some that commend themselves: But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. | 187 |
| [Sermon XIV. Preached April 27, 1766. St. Mark iv. 24.] | |
| Take heed what ye hear. Or, as the equivalent phrase is in St. Luke, viii. 18. Take heed HOW ye hear. | 201 |
| [Sermon XV. Preached Nov. 24, 1765. Rom. xvi. 19.] | |
| I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. | 215 |
| [Sermon XVI. Preached Dec. 1, 1765. Rom. xvi. 19.] | |
| I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. | 230 |
| [Sermon XVII. Preached Nov. 22, 1772. John v. 44.] | |
| How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh of God only? | 245 |
| [Sermon XVIII. Preached April 23, 1769. John ix. 41.] | |
| Jesus saith to them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but now ye say, we see; therefore your sin remaineth. | 260 |
| [Sermon XIX. Preached May 12, 1771. 1 Cor. viii. 1.] | |
| Knowledge puffeth up; but Charity edifieth. | 276 |
| [Sermon XX. Preached Nov. 19, 1769. Acts of the Apostles xxvi. 9.] | |
| I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. | 290 |
| [Sermon XXI. Preached May 10, 1767. St. Luke vi. 26.] | |
| Woe unto you, when all men speak well of you. | 304 |
| [Sermon XXII. Preached Feb. 6, 1774. St. John viii. 11.] | |
| Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee; Go, and sin no more. | 319 |
| [Sermon XXIII. Preached March 1, 1772. St. Matthew xi. 29.] | |
| Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. | 333 |
| [Sermon XXIV. Preached April 30, 1769. Luke xvi. 14.] | |
| And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all those things: and they derided him. | 350 |
| [Sermon XXV. Preached June 25, 1775. Ecclesiastes v. 10.] | |
| He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver. | 366 |
| [Sermon XXVI. Preached Feb. 21, 1773. 1 Cor. vi. 20.] | |
| Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. | 378 |
| [Sermon XXVII. Preached March 13, 1774. Job xiii. 26.] | |
| Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. | 393 |
| [Sermon XXVIII. Preached May 28, 1769. Ecclesiastes vii. 21, 22.] | |
| Take no heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee. For oftentimes, also, thine own heart knoweth, that thou thyself, likewise, hast cursed others. | 407 |