SERMON I. PAGE The fan&tification of the Lord's day. Rev. i. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. 16 SERMON II. A general contemplation on the nature and duty of prayer. man availeth much. 29 SERMON III. The duty of secret prayer. Matt. vi. 6. But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet, and when thou hast fhut the door, pray to thy Fa- 41 SERMON IV. The duty of family prayer. Jolaua xxiv. 15. As for me and my house we will serve the 54 SERMON V. 1 The great importance of family government. 1 Sam. ii. 1 . For I have told him, that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knoweth, be. 64
SERMON VI. Ephe. vi. 4. And ye fathers provoke not your children Eclesi, xii. 1. 2. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt tay, I have no plea- sure in them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, Sobermindedness recommended to those who are young. Self examination a necessary preparative to the holy communion. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. 135 Luke xxii. 19. This do in remembrance of me. 146 James iii. 6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of ini- quity; so is the tongue amongst the members, that it defileth the whole body, and fetteth on fire the course of God the author of all afiillions and troubles. Job v. 6, 7. Although affliction cometh not forth of the duft, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; God's pleasure is not the agliliion of his people . the chdien of mun. 220 Rev. i. 4, 5. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember there. fore from whence thou art fallen, and repent and do thy first works, or else I will come unto thee quickly, Ifaiah xl. 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in |