SERMONS,

BY

HUGH BLAIR, D.D. F.R.S. Ed.

ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIGH CHURCH,

AND

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER
OF THE AUTHOR,

. BY JAMES FINLAYSON, D.D.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

SERMON LIX.

On our present Ignorance of the Ways of God.

JOHN, xiii. 7. Jesus answered, and said unto him, What I do,

thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. Page 1

SERMON LX.

On the Slavery of Vice.

2 PETER, ii. 19.

While they promise them liberty, they them-

selves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is

overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

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SERMON LXI.

On the Importance of Public Worship.

PSALM XXVI. 8. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy

house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

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SERMON LXII.

On the Fashion of the World passing away.

1 CORINTH. vii. 31. The fashion of this world passeth away.

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SERMON LXIII.

On Tranquillity of Mind.

PSALM XV. 5. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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