over the

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ;

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and

fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and

over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

June 9, 1771.

DISCOURSE II.

The Garden of Eden.

Gen. ii. 8.

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And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and

there he put the man whom he had formed .............. 24

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

June 16, 1771.

DISCOURSE III.

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The Tree of Life.

Gen. ii. 9.

The tree of life also in the midst of the garden

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

Oct. 18, 1772.

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DISCOURSE IV.

The Tree of Knowledge.

Gen. ii. 17.

Of the tree of knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat...... 65

DISCOURSE V.

The Prince of Peace.

Zech. ix. 9, 10.

Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion ; shout, 0 daughter of Jerusa-

lem: behold thy King cometh unto thee : he is just, and having

salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal

of an ass. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the

horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off : and he

shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be

from sea even unto sea, and

from the river even to the ends of the

earth

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

Dec. 2, 1764, being the first Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE VI.

The King of Glory.

Rev. i. 7.

Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and

they also that pierced him; and all the kindreds of the earth

shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.......

102

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,

Dec. 11, 1757, being the third Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE VII.

The Word Incarnate.

John, i. 14.

The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us ( and we beheld his

glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of

grace and truth....

122

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Dec. 17, 1769, being the third Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE VIII.

The Case of the Jews.

John, i. 11.

His own received him not .........

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Dec. 12, 1773, being the third Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE IX.

The beloved Disciple.

John, xxi. 7.

That disciple whom Jesus loved ....

167

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Dec. 27, 1768, being the Festival of St. John the Evangelist.

DISCOURSE X.

Rachel comforted.

Jer. xxxi. 15, 16, 17.

Thus saith the Lord, Avoice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and

bitter weeping: Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be

comforted for her children, because they were not. Thus saith the

Lord, Refrain thy voice

from weeping, and thine eyes from tears;

for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall

come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in

thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to

their own border

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Dec. 28, 1772, being the Festival of the Holy Innocents.

DISCOURSE XI.

The Circumcision.

Luke, ii. 21.

And when eight days were accomplished

for the circumcising of the

child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the

angel, before he was conceived in the womb...

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Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Jan. 1, 1763, being the Festival of the Circumcision.

DISCOURSE XII.

The Epiphany.

Matt. ii. 1, 2.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of

Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to

Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews ?

for 'we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship

him .......

220

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's,
Jan. 6, 1772, being the Festival of the Epiphany.

DISCOURSE XIII.

The Righteous Delivered.

Gen, xix. 29.

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,