. Sermons on various subjects, evangelical, devotional and practical : adapted to the promotion of Christian piety, family religion and youthful virtue. of sickness and de-cay, what language would command our attention,and impress our hearts ? How unaccountable is thestupidity of mortals? They complain of infirmitiesand groan under pains, and yet seem scarcely toknow, that these pains and infirmities tell them,that they must die, must pass to another world,must there receive according to the works whichthey have done. Let us hear the voice, which speaks within usand around us ; the voice of pr
. Sermons on various subjects, evangelical, devotional and practical : adapted to the promotion of Christian piety, family religion and youthful virtue. of sickness and de-cay, what language would command our attention,and impress our hearts ? How unaccountable is thestupidity of mortals? They complain of infirmitiesand groan under pains, and yet seem scarcely toknow, that these pains and infirmities tell them,that they must die, must pass to another world,must there receive according to the works whichthey have done. Let us hear the voice, which speaks within usand around us ; the voice of providence and ofscripture, the voice of sickness and of health, thevoice of reason and of conscience, the voice whichcries, All flesh is as grass ; what your hands findto do, do it with your might, for there is no work,wisdom, nor device in the grave, to which youare going. Let religion possess our hearts, and peace willattend our path, and hope will brighten our pros-pect. We may take pleasure in infirmities, for thepower of Christ will rest upon us. For us to livewill be Christ, and to die will be gain. Whether life©r death, both will be SERMON XXVII. The Lawfulness and Obligation of Oaths* MATTHEW, r. 33—37. /S^ain, ye have heard, that it hath been said by them of old shah not forswear thyself, but shah perforvi nnto theLord thine oaths ; But J say unto you, Swear not at all; nei-ther by heaven, for it is Gods throne ; nor by the earth, for itis his footstool ; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of thegreat king ; neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thoucanst not make one hair white or black : But let your communi-cation be yea, yea ; nay, nay j for whatsoever is more than thesa,Cometh of evil. JL HERE is no institution so good, but thatit may be corrupted ; nor so plain, but that it maybe perverted. Almost every religious institution,which God has made for men, has in process of timeundergone, in their hands, some material
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