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ERMONS upon everal Practical Subjects. By the late Reverend EDWARD LITTLETON, L. L. D. Fellow of Eton College, and Vicar of Maplederham, Oxon.; and late Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majety. The Third Edition; To this Edition is prefix'd an Account of the Author, in which are inerted ome Copies of Veres written by him when at Cambridge.

Serm. 1: The Duty of Rejoicing for good Times: Upon Eccle. vii. 14.

2. Self-Love the bet Motive to Religion. Palm xix. 11.

3. The eparate Interets of this World and the next reconciled. Col. iii. 2.

4. The Neceity of well Hubanding our Time. Palm xc. 12.

5. The One thing needful. Luke x. 41, 42.

6. Myteries no real Objection to the Truth of Chritianity. Deut. xxix. 29.

7. All Words to be accounted for at the Day of Judgment. Matt. xii. 36, 37.

8. The Duty of continual Watching. Mark xiii. 37.

9. The true Nature and End of Fating. Matt. ix. 15.

10. A Man's Chritian Name his bet Title. 1 Cor. i. 1.

11. We mut not judge others by what they uffer. Luke xiii. 2, 3, 4, 5.

12. A Pothumous Fame not worth the eeking. Gen. v. 25, 26, 27.

13. The Folly of Hypocriy in this World. Job viii. 13.

14. The mierable Portion of Hypocrites in the next World. Job xxvii. 8.

15. All common Forms of Swearing forbidden. Matthew v. 34, 35, 36.

16. We are to prove, and then hold fat that which is good. John i. 46.

17. Our Father which art in Heaven. Matt. vi. 9.

18. Hallowed by thy Name. Matt. vi. 9.

19. Thy kingdom come. Matt. vi. 10.

20. On Matt. vi. 10. Continued.

21. Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Matt. vi. 10.

22. Give us this Day our daily Bread. Matt. vi. 11.

23. And forgive us our Debts, as we forgive our Debtors. Matt. vi. 12.

24. And lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from Evil. Matt. vi. 13.

Part I. containing, The Proofs of JESUS's RESURRECTION tated, and the Objections to it anwer'd.

Part II. containing, A Defence of the Literal Story of JESUS's driving the BUYERS and SELLERS out of the TEMPLE; and Suffering the DEVILS to enter into the Herd of SWINE.

Part III. containing, a Defence of the Literal Story of JESUS's cauing the BARREN FIG-TREE to Wither away, and His turning WATER into WINE.

Part IV. containing, A Defence of the Literal Story of JESUS's healing the INFIRM MAN at the POOL of BETHESDA; and his healing the LARALYTICK, who was let down thro' the ROOF.

A DISSERTATION on PROPHECY, wherein the Coherence and Connexion of the Prophecies in both the Old and New Tetament are fully conidered: Together with an Explanation of the REVELATION of St. JOHN. By the Right Reverend ROBERT Lord Bihop of CLOGHER. To which is added, A NARRATIVE of the Proceedings of a Great Council of JEWS, aembled in the Plain of Ageda in Hungary, about thirty Leagues from Buda, to examing the Scriptures concerning CHRIST, on the Twelfth.