private virtues will still be more beneficial, the more they are exalted into public. Nay, I own, my dear Sir, I am superstitious enough to believe, a religious prince, and a religious ministry, are, even in a political light, among the greatest blessings of a nation. Profligacy, with all its boasted benefits, I should dread to see connected with any department of the Public. It makes a plain man shudder to hear patriots bawling for the public good, while every action of their lives, perhaps, is an addition to the public guilt. Let us rather consider the virtues of a private life, as a pledge to the Public and think ourselves happy when our friends have given this pledge to their country. Warmed with these sentiments, I beg you, my dear Sir, to believe me, with the greatest sincerity and esteem, Your truly affectionate friend and servant, WILL. GILPIN. SUBJECTS OF THE SERMONS. 1 I. GLORY to God in the highest, &c. II. Page 1 Let every one that nameth the name of Christ, &c. 12 III. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole Except your righteousness shall exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees, &c. VII. 54 In the night I commune with my own heart - 65 XIV. He that believeth, and is baptized, &c. 339 XV. Look not every man at his own things,&c. 341 XVI. The common people heard him gladly 343 XVII. O wretched man, &c. 314 XVIII. Wo unto you, when all men shall XIX. Teaching the doctrines of men XXIII These ought ye to have done, &c. XXVI. Be ye angry and sin not XXVII. Bringing into captivity, &c. XXVIII. The righteous is more excellent, &c. 376 XXIX. Godliness with contentment 346 349 352 355 360 362 366 368 371 374 379 XXXV. The God of this world, &c. 398 XXXVI. On the dereliction of the Holy Spirit 402 418 XLIII. On Christian forbearance XLIV. The poor shall not always be forgotten 419 XLV. The earth shall be full of the knowledge XLVII. What is written in the law? how readest thou? XLVIII. On bridling the tongue XLIX. My soul cleaveth to the dust L. Come to Mount Sion, &c. LI. Ifriches increase, &c. 421 424 427 429 432 433 LII. Analogy between this world and the next 438 LIII. He that humbleth himself, &c. LIV. On taking God's name in vain LV. Proof of the truth of Scripture LVII. I conferred not with flesh and blood 441 443 446 448 450 |