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PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS

by

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D.

Formerly Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford

In Eight Volumes

VOL. VIII.

New Edition

LondonLongmans, Green, and Co.and New York: 15 East 16th Street1891

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

Reverence in Worship.

"Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linenephod."—1 Sam. ii. 18

SERMON II.

Divine Calls.

"And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak: for Thy servant heareth."—1Sam. iii. 10

SERMON III.

The Trial of Saul.

"And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peaceofferings. And he offered the burnt offering."—1 Sam. xiii. 9

SERMON IV.

The Call of David.

"So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with astone."—1 Sam. xvii. 50

SERMON V.

Curiosity of Temptation to Sin.

"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evilmen. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."—Prov.iv. 14, 15

SERMON VI.

Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief.

"And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me?and how long will it be ere they believe Me, for all the signs which Ihave showed among them?"—Num. xiv. 11

SERMON VII.

Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant.

"Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself beforethe Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, andagainst the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolationand a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also haveheard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore, I will gather thee untothy fathers, and thou shall be gathered into thy grave in peace; andthine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon thisplace."—2 Kings xxii. 19, 20

SERMON VIII.

Inward Witness to the Truth of the Gospel.

"I have more understanding than my teachers, for Thy testimoniesare my study; I am wiser than the aged, because I keep Thycommandments."—Psalm cxix. 99, 100

SERMON IX.

Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed.

"Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee,saith the Lord."—Jer. i. 8

SERMON X.

Endurance of the World's Censure.

"And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them; neither be afraid oftheir words, though briars and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwellamong scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at theirlooks, though they be a rebellious house."—Ezek. ii. 6

SERMON XI.

Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World.

"Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink