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RICHARD,

BY DIVINE PERMISSION,

LORD BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS,

THE FOLLOWING WORK,

AN HUMBLE TESTIMONY OF RESPECT

TO HIS DIOCESAN,

IS,

WITH ALL DEFERENCE, INSCRIBED AND DEDICATED,

BT HIS LORDSHIP'S

MOST OBEDIENT AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

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I

Prefatory Discourse.

SERMON I.

[For the First Sunday in Advent.]

XXI. 9.

MATTHEW XX. 12.

Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.

SERMON II.

[For the Second Sunday in Advent.]

ROMANS XV. 4.

Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were

written for our learning, that we, through patience

and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.

SERMON III.

[For the Third Sunday in Advent.]

MATTHEW Xi. 10.

For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send

my messenger before thy face, to prepare thy way

before thee.

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SERMON IV.

[For the Fourth Sunday in Advent.]

PHILIPPIANS iv. 4-7.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, rejoice.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The

Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in

every thing by prayer and supplication with thanks-

giving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all under-

standing, shall keep your hearts and minds through

Christ Jesus.

SERMON V.

[For Christmas Day.]

HEBREWS i. 1, 2.

God, who, at sundry times, and in divers manners,

spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son.

SERMON VI.

[For the Sunday after Christmas Day.]

MATTHEW i. 21.

And thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save

his people from their sins.

SERMON VII.

[For the First Sunday after Epiphany.]

ROMANS xii. 1.

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of

God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,

holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable

service.

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SERMON VIII.

[For the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.]

ROMANS xii. 9.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which

is evil; cleave to that which is good.

SERMON IX.

[For the Third Sunday after the Epiphany.]

ROMANS xii. 16-21.

Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no

man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the

sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth

in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly be-

loved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place

unto wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is

mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore,

if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give

him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of

fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but

overcome evil with good.

SERMON X.

[For the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.]

MATTHEW viii. 31.

So the Devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us

out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

SERMON XI.

[For the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.]

MATTHEW Xiii. 24.

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which

sowed good seed in his field.

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