THE

WORKS

OF

THE REV. RICHARD CECIL, Μ.Α.

LATE RECTOR OF BISLEY, AND VICAR OF CHOBHAM, SURREY:

AND

MINISTER OF ST. JOHN'S-CHAPEL, BEDFORD-ROW,

LONDON;

WITH

Α ΜΕΜΟIR OF HIS LIFE.

ARRANGED AND REVISED,

WITH A VIEW OF THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTER,

BY

JOSIAH PRATT, B. D. F.A.S.

SECOND EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL.II.-THIRTY-THREE SERMONS.

MISCEL.- VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING.
FRIENDLY ADVICE TO SERVANTS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR L. B. SEELEY, FLEET-STREET; AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

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SERMONS TAKEN IN SHORT HAND FROM MR. CECIL'S

PREACHING.

Sermon

Page

1. JACOB PUTTING AWAY STRANGE GODS:---On Gen.

2. THE DYING SAINT'S CONSOLATION :---On 2 Sam.

xxiii. 5......

3. THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE:---On 1 Kings xvii.

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15, 16

4. THE PENITENCE OF KING JOSIAH:---On 2 Kings
xxii. 19

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5. EZRA AN EXAMPLE IN BUSINESS:---On Ezra viii.

21, 22, 23

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6. THE END OF THE UPRIGHT MAN: a Funeral Ser-
mon for the Rev. Nath. Gilbert :---On Ps. xxxvii. 37

7. HOPE: A Support IN TROUBLE:---On Ps. xliii. 5

8. THANKSGIVING ON THE VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR:

1

15

28

41

54

69
79

93

9. THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION:---On Ps. cxix. 71 108

10. TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS :---On Prov. iv. 1.. 120

11. ADVANTAGES OF THE HOUSE OF MOURNING:---On

136

Eccl. vii. 2

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12. THE VANITY OF HUMAN IMAGINATIONS :---On

Jer. xxiii. 28, 29 ........

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13. The FIERY FURNACE :---On Dan. iii. 24, 25
14. SIGNS OF TRUE WISDOM :---On Matt. ii. 1, 2.....
15. SIGNS OF THE TIMES:---On Matt. xvi. 1, 2, 3

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148
163
175

16. DUTY OF WATCHFULNESS :---On Mark xiii. 35, 36,

37

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198