Engraved by CWarren, from an original Painting in the Hall of All Souls College, Oxford.

Jeremy Taylor

Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore!

A

COURSE OF SERMONS

FOR ALL THE

SUNDAYS OF THE YEAR:

FITTED TO THE GREAT NECESSITIES, AND FOR THE SUPPLYING THE
WANT OF PREACHING IN MANY PARTS OF THIS NATION.

WITH

TWELVE SERMONS

ON

VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

BY

JEREMY TAYLOR, D. D.

CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO KING CHARLES THE FIRST, AND LATE
LORD BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR.

IN TWO VOLUME S.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. CADELL; LONGMAN,
REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; J. BOOKER; J. RICHARD.
SON; HATCHARD AND SON; R. H. EVANS; J. DUNCAN;
J. COCHRAN; J. BOHN; J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND J. AND J.
J. DEIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE.

1828.

LIBRARY OF THE

CITY

HENRY B. STIMSON

AN 2 5 1946

LONDON:

Printed by W. Clowes, Stamford-Street.

DOOMS-DAY BOOK; or, Christ's Advent to Judgment

2 Cor. v. 10.

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For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every

one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath

done, whether it be good or bad.

SERMON IV. V. VI.

The Return of Prayers; or, the Conditions of a prevailing

Now we know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man be a wor-

shipper of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.

SERMON VII. VIII. IX.

Of Godly Fear, &c.

98, 112, 126

Heb. xii. part of the 28th and 29th verses.

Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly

fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

The Flesh and the Spirit

SERMON X. XI.

Matt. xxvi. 41; latter part.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

SERMON XII. XIII. XIV.

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139, 155

Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully.

SERMON XV. XVI.

The House of Feasting; or the Epicure's Measures

1 Cor. xv. 32; last part.

Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

SERMON XVII. XVIII.

The Marriage-Ring; or, the Mysteriousness and Duties of

217, 231

This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even

as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

SERMON XIX. XX. XXI.

Apples of Sodom; or, the Fruits of Sin

Rom. vi. 21.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed ?

For the end of those things is death.

SERMON XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV.

The good and evil Tongue.-Of Slander and Flattery.-The

Duties of the Tongue

Ephes. iv. 29.

326, 340, 355, 370

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that

which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto

the hearers.