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,

À SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER

OF THE AUTHOR,

BY JAMES FINLAYSON, D.D.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

A NEW EDITION.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

SERMON XXV.

On Candour.

1 CORINTH. xiii. 5. Charity - thinketh no evil.

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SERMON XXVI.

On the Character of Joseph.

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.

On 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 an-

swered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over

Syria.

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SERMON XXVIII.

On 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.

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SERMON XXIX.

.

On 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.

On 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

mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the

Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

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SERMON XXXI. *

On 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.

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