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CONTENTS
  1. SERMON VII.

    upon the character of balaam.

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  3. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.—Numb. xxiii. 10.
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  4. SERMON VIII. IX.

    upon resentment and forgiveness of injuries.

  5. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.—Matt. v. 43, 44.
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  6. SERMON X.

    upon self-deceit.

  7. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.—2 Sam. xii. 7.
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  8. SERMON XI. XII.

    upon the love of our neighbour.

  9. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.—Rom. xiii. 9
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    113.
  10. SERMON XIII. XIV.

    upon piety, or the love of god.

  11. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.—Matt. xxii. 37.
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    147.
  12. SERMON XV.

    upon the ignorance of man.

  13. When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is