SHORT DISCOURSES, Adapted to VILLAGE WORSHIP, OR THE DEVOTIONS OF THE FAMILY. Volume III. PUBLISHED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE REV. B. BEDDOME, A. M. Dunstable: PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. W: MORRIS, Sold also by BURDITT, 60, and BUTTON, 24, Paternoster-Row; Price three shillings, sewed. 1809. And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it, say ing, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from iv SERMON X. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FAITH AND WORKS. JAMES ii. 18. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works 79 98 108 Who when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad 118 In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.. SERMON XVI. PEACE WITH GOD. Be diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace. SERMON XVII. ..... .... 127 Whose heart the Lord opened, thal she attended unto the things We know that all things work together for good to them that love On hearing the word. SERMON I. 2 TIM. ii. 7. Consider what I say. THE venerable apostle, being now such a one as Paul the aged, addresses himself to Timothy as his own son in the faith, on the important work of the ministry; and in doing this, he calls up his attention, and places the solemn charge full before him. But if that which related to the salvation of others demanded so much serious consideration, surely that which concerns our own salvation can do no less; and if that depends on the belief of the truth, it can no less depend on the attention we pay to truth. The best instruction may be lost upon us for want of it, and we may read and hear in vain. It becomes us therefore diligently to attend to what is spoken, and so to "consider" it as to ponder it in our hearts, and weigh the matter well. Confining our remarks at present to our hearing the word, we shall first notice-the manner in which we are to consider it-and secondly, the motives which should lead to it. I. Shew in what manner we are to hear the word. 1. Consider well the inatter or import of what is spoken. Whether it be doctrinal or practical, whe |