THE CONTENTS Of the Fourth Volume.
Reading edition
SERMONS on several Occasions.
SERMON XLVIII.
On Self-denial.
Luke ix. 23. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
SERMON XLIX.
The Cure of Evil-speaking.
Matt. xviii. 15, 16, 17. If thy brother shall sin against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he will hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
But if he will not hear, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.
And if he will not hear them, tell it to the church: but if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as an Heathen man and a Publican.
SERMON L.
The Use of Money.
Luke xvi. 9. I say unto you, make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of righteousness, that when ye fail, they may receive you into the everlasting habitations.
SERMON LI.
The Good Steward.
Luke xvi. 2. Give an account of thy stewardship: for thou canst be no longer steward.
SERMON LII.
Preached before the Reformation Society.
Psalm xciv. 16. Who will rise up with me against the wicked?
SERMON LIII.
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield.
Numb. xxiii. 10. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Advice to the People called Methodists,
With regard to dress.
The Duties of Husbands and Wives.
CHAP. I.
The first duties of the married, Chastity.
CHAP. II.
Of the Love of married persons.
CHAP. III.
Of the effects of love.
CHAP. IV.
Of the duties of the married to their family.
CHAP. V.
Of a man’s keeping his authority.
CHAP. VI.
Of the wife’s peculiar duties.
CHAP. VII.
Some application of the whole.
Directions to children.
Directions to servants.
An extract from Mr. Law’s treatise on Christian Perfection.
CHAP. I.
Several important considerations and directions.
CHAP. II.
Christianity requires a renouncing of the world, and all worldly tempers.
CHAP. III.
Christianity calleth all men to a state of self-denial and mortification.
CHAP. IV.
The necessity of divine grace, another general ground of self-denial.
CHAP. V.
The necessity of divine grace, obligeth all Christians to a constant purity and holiness of conversation; wherein is shewn the great danger and impiety of reading vain and impertinent books.