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THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM PALE Y, D.D.

COMPLETE

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. V.
SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

SIX SERMONS ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS.

HONI:S

LONDON: Printed for T. and J. Allman; W. Baynes and Son; A. B. Dulau and Co., Otridge and Rackham; J. F. Setchel; Westley and Parrish ; Whitmore and Fenn; W. Mason C. Smith; Gossling and Egley; Smith_and Elder ; w. Wright; T. and W. Boone; B. lley; C. Rice; J. Hearne J. Bain; Lawler and Quick; w. Crawford ; R. Beckley; T. Lester; J. Cox; and R. Hoffman: T. Wilson and Sons, York; H. Mozley, Derby; J. Anderson, jun. Edinburgh M. Keene, and S. Cumming, Dublin.

It was undoubtedly the Author's wish that the collection should not be printed for public sale; but the distribution of so large a number destroyed his intention; and accordingly, in 1808, the first public edition made its appearance; since which time the volume has gone through several large impressions.

London, January, 1823.

CONTENTS.

SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.

SERMON I.

SERIOUSNESS IN RELIGION A MOST

INDISPENSABLE DISPOSITION.

Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

-1 Pet. iv.7.

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SERMON II.

THE LOVE OF GOD.

We love him, because he first loved us.-1 John

iv. 19.

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SERMON III.

MEDITATING UPON RELIGION,

Have I not remembered thee in my bed; and

thought upon thee when I was waking ?

Psalm Ixiii. 7. .

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SERMON IV.

OF THE STATE AFTER DEATH.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it

doth not yet appear what we shall be : but

we know that, when he shall appear, we shall

be like him; for we shall see him as he is.-

1 John iii. 2.

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