Sermons on special occasions and subjects ... by John Edwards ...

THE CONTENTS.

SERM. I. An Answer to Pilate's Question, What is Truth? A Sermon Preach'd be∣fore King Charles the Second, at Newmarket.

JOHN XVIII. 38. Pilate saith unto him, What is Truth?

Pag. 1.

SERM. II. Why Rulers and Iudges are called Gods. A Sermon Preach'd before the Iudges, at the Assizes held at Cambridge.

PSAL. LXXXII. 6, 7. I have said, Ye are Gods: and all of you are the Children of the most High. But ye shall die like Men, and fall like one of the Princes.

Pag. 29••

SERM. III. The Reasons why Magistrates ought to be Exemplary in their Lives. A Sermon Preach'd at the Election of a Chief Magistrate, in a Corpora∣tion.

EXOD. XVIII. 25. And Moses chose able Men out of all Israel, and made them Heads over the People

P. 62.

SERM. IV. How the Ministers of the Gospel are to Excel. A Sermon Preach'd be∣fore the Clergy, at the Arch-dea∣con of Ely's Visitation.

1 COR. XIV. 12. Forasmuch as ye are zealous of Spiritual Gifts, seek that ye may excel to the Edifying of the Church.

P. 92.

SERM. V. That Decay of Trade and Commerce, and consequently of Wealth, is the Natural Product and Just Penalty of Vice in a Nation. A Sermon Preach'd at the Proclaiming and Opening of a Great Fair.

EZEK. XXVII. 27. Thy Riches, and thy Fairs, and thy Mer∣chandize, thy Mariners, and thy Pilots, thy Calkers, and the Occupiers of thy Mer∣chandize, and all thy Men of War that are in thee, and in all thy Company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the midst of the Seas in the Day of thy Ruine

P. 133

SERM. VI. The Lawfulness and Necessity of Go∣ing to War, on Just Occasions. A Sermon occasion'd by the Proclaim∣ing of the War against France.

GEN. XVIII. 14. And when Abram heard that his Brother was taken Captive, be armed his trained Ser∣vants, born in his own House, Three Hun∣dred and Eighteen, and pursued them un∣to Dan

Pag. 160

SERM. VII. The true Causes of the Ill Success of War. A Sermon Preach'd on a Fast Day, appointed by Their Ma∣jesties, for the Imploring God's Blessing on their Forces by Sea and Land.

JOSH. VII. 12. Therefore the Children of Israel could not stand before their Enemies, but turned their Backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: Neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy the Accursed thing from amongst you

Pag. 192

SERM. VIII. The Extream Danger of Intestine Divisions in a Kingdom. A Sermon Preach'd before Sir Iohn Ho••blon late Lord Mayor and Alderman, at Guild-hall Chappel.

MARK III. 24. And if a Kingdom be divided against it self, that Kingdom cannot stand

P. 225

SERM. IX, X. The Use and Abuse of Apparel. In Two Sermons, occasion'd by the present Excess in that kind.

1 TIM. II. 8, 9. I will that Women adorn themselves in modest Apparel, with Shamefacedness and Sobriety: Not with broidered Hair, or Gold, or Pearls, or costly Aray

Pag. 257

SERM. XI. Christianity Mysterious. A Sermon, shewing the true Meaning and Ac∣ception of the word Mystery in Scripture: and why the Christian Religion is called a Mystery; occa∣sion'd by some late Socinian Wri∣tings, which Explode all Christian Mysteries.

1 TIM. III. 16. And without Controversie great is the Mystery of Godliness

Pag. 328

SERM. XII. Christianity Mysterious. A Sermon, shewing that there are Mysteries properly so called in the Christian Religion: With the true Reasons of it, and the Natural Consequences from it. Preach'd before the Uni∣versity, at St. Mary's, in Cambridge, Iune 29. 1697. and since much Enlarged.

1 TIM. III. 16. And without Controversie great is the Mystery of Godliness.

P. 365