THE WORKS

of

THE REV. RICHARD WATSON

VOLUME II

containing

SERMONS

and

SKETCHES OF SERMONS

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN MASON, 14, CITY-ROAD;

and sold at 66, paternoster-row

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CONTENTS

SERMON I

EZEKIEL’S VISION OF THE DRY BONES

Come from the four winds, O breath! and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.—Ezekiel 37:9

II

NATIONAL PEACE THE GIFT OF GOD

Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: For thou also hast wrought all our works in us.—Isaiah 26:12

III

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EDUCATION

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: And when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me.—Mark 9:36, 37

IV

MAN MAGNIFIED BY THE DIVINE REGARD

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?—Job 7:17

V

THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE SLAVES IN THE WEST INDIA COLONIES ADVOCATED AND DEFENDED

Honour all men.—1 Peter 2:17

VI

GOD GLORIFIED IN GOOD MEN

And they glorified God in me.—Galatians 1:24

VII

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.—2 Timothy 1:7

VIII

GOD WITH US

For in him we live, and move, and have our being.—Acts 17:28

IX

THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.—John 20:30, 31

X

THE EVILS OF IGNORANCE

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.—Hosea 4:6

XI

RELIGIOUS MEDITATION

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.—Genesis 24:63

XII

ST. PAUL’S CONFIDENCE IN THE GOSPEL

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: As it is written, The just shall live by faith.—Romans 1:16, 17

XIII

ALL THINGS MADE FOR THE SON OF GOD

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: All things were created by him, and for him.—Colossians 1:16

XIV

THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST VANQUISHED

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: Thou hast the dew of thy youth.”—Psalm 110:1–3

XV

CHRISTIANITY THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.—1 Corinthians 2:7

XVI

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE

But who am I, and what is my ...