Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care in Harvard University.

PORTSMOUTH :
J. W. FOSTER, AND J. F. SHORES.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835,

By John W. Foster, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New Hampshire.

CONTENTS.

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MEMOIR.

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SERMON I.

MAN ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD ALONE IN MATTERS OF FAITH.

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; who

art thou, that judgest another? - James iv. 12.

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SERMON II.

DISTINCTION BETWEEN SAINTS AND SINNERS.

Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,

except ye be reprobates? – 2 Corinthians, xiii. 5.

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SERMON III.

THE DUTY OF EXERTING A RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.

He which converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall

save a soul from death. - James v. 20.

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SERMON IV.

ERRONEOUS COMPARISONS OF THE PRESENT WITH THE PAST.

Say not thou, what is the cause, that the former days were better

than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

- Ecclesiastes vii. 10.

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