Á SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER
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BY JAMES FINLAYSON, D. D.

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GENESIS xlv. 5. 8. Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with

yourselves that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before

you to preserve life.-So now it was not you that sent me

hither but God.

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SERMON XXVII.

The Character of Hazael.

2 KINGS viii. 12, 13. And Hazael said, Why weepeth my Lord?

And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do

unto the children of Israel. Their strong holds wilt thou set

on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword,

and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with

child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog that he

should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord

hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

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SERMON XXVIII.

The Benefits to be derived from the House of Mourning.

ECCLESIASTES vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to the house of

mourning, than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the

end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow

is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance

the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house

of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 56

SERMON XXIX.

The Divine Government of the Passions of Men.

PSALM lxxvi. 10.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee; the

remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

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SERMON XXX.

The Importance of Religious Knowledge to Mankind.

[Preached before the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian

Knowledge.]

ISAIAH Xi. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy moun-

tain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord,

as the waters cover the sea.

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SERMON XXXI.*

The true Honour of Man.

PROVERBS IV. 8.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she

shall bring thee to honour.

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SERMON XXXII.

On Sensibility.

ROMANS xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep

with them that weep.

* Originally the first Sermon of the Third Volume.

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SERMON XXXIII.

The Improvement of Time.

GENESIS xlvii. 8. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art

thou?

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SERMON XXXIV.

The Duties belonging to Middle Age.

1 COR. xiii, 11. When I became a man, I put away childish

1 Cor. xv. 33. Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt

good manners.

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SERMON XXXVII.

On Fortitude.

PSALM XXVII. 3. Though an host should encamp against me, my

heart shall not fear..

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SERMON XXXVIII.

On Envy.

1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity envieth not.-

SERMON XXXIX.

On Idleness.

MATT. XX. 6. Why stand ye here all the day idle ?

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