SERMON I.

PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH, vi. 16.

THUS SAITH THE LORD, STAND YE IN THE WAYS AND SEE,
AND ASK FOR THE OLD PATHS, WHERE IS THE GOOD
WAY, AND WALK THEREIN, AND YE SHALL FIND REST
FOR YOUR SOULS.
BUT THEY SAID, WE WILL NOT
WALK

THEREIN.

In one of the collects* of our Church we offer up this petition to Almighty God, "Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness," a petition, at all times, most proper and necessary; but especially in these days of political and religious agitation. The Churches of Christ, by the gracious Providence of God, have long been preserved from violent and fiery persecutions; and Christians of every denomination, and under every mode of worship, through the protection of our mild and excellent Constitution, are enabled to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences, "no one making

* 5th Sunday after Trinity.

B

DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN STATE

TO SUPPORT A NATIONAL

CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT:

IN CONNECTION WITH THE

SCRIPTURAL CHARACTER AND PECULIAR CLAIMS

OF THE

Church of England:

FIVE SERMONS

PREACHED IN THE

CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, LEEDS,

IN APRIL, 1834.

BY THE

REV. JOSEPH HOLMES, M. A.

CURATE OF TRINITY CHURCH, AND HEAD MASTER OF THE FREE
GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LEEDS; LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR
OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:

LONGMAN & CO., HATCHARD AND SEELEY; DEIGHTON & SON, CAMBRIDGE;

M. ROBINSON. AND J. CROSS, LEEDS.

1834.

ΤΟ

THE CONGREGATION,

ATTENDING AT

TRINITY CHURCH, LEEDS,

These Sermons,

PUBLISHED AT THEIR VERY GENERAL REQUEST,

ARE

MOST RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBED.