SERM ONS ON Several SUBJECTS. By the Most Reverend Father in GOD, Archbishop of YORK. Never before Printed, and now. Publish'd from his own PAPER S. VOL. VI. LONDON: St. Paul's Church-yard. M.DCC.XXXIV. CONTENTS Preach’dbefore the Prince of Orange, Jan. 27, 1688. W H AT Heresy is. Why permitted by W God. And the great Usefulness and Advantages of it to the Church. For there must be also Hereses among you, that they which are approved, may be made ma- Preach'd before Queen Mary, Aug. 30. 1691. Some remarkable and important Observations ACTS X. 4. T by Prayers and thy Alms are come up for a Memorial before God. SER M. III. p. 52. Preach'd before Queen Mary, 1692. The Prodigal Son. The true and miserable State of Sinners. Consideration usually the first step to Repentance. LUKE xv. 17, 18. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired Servants of my Father have Bread enough, and to spare, and I peris with Hunger! I will arise and go to my Father.. SERM. IV. p. 85. Preach'd before King William, 1701.“ Of the true Notion of Scandals and Offences. Popular Misapprehensions about them rečtify'd. Use to be made of the Confideration of their ill Consequences and Frequency, &c. MATT. xviii. 7. Woe unto the World, because of Offences ; for it must needs be, that Offences come. But Wue unto that Man by whom the Offence cometh. SERM SERM. V. p. 105. great Storm, 1703-4. The Duty and Advantages of publick Faft ing in general. • JONAH iii. 5. The People of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a Faf. SER M. VI. p. 136. afterwards before Queen ANNE. The several Causes of Mens Mistakes about the Terms of their Salvation, and the Reasons why they deceive themselves into vain Opinions of their own Security. i John iii. 7. Little Children, let no Man deceive you. He that doth Righteousnefs is righteous, even as he is righteous. SERM. VII. p. 165. Preach'd before Queen Anne, 1707. The Gospel Proofs of a future State ; and the Nature of the Happiness of Heaven. . 2 Tim. i. 10. Who hath abolished Death, and hath brought Life and Immortality to light, through the SER M. |