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Sermon XXII. Concerning the Conversion of the Heathen Americans, 

 and the final Propagation of Christianity and the Sciences to the 

 Ends of the Earth. \\\\ two Parts.] 



[Part I. Preached before a conveiuiou of Episcopal clergy in Christ Church, Phila- 

 delphia, May 2, 1760.] 



[I'art II. Preached l)efore the Trustees, Masters and Scholars, at the ^lr^t Anniver- 

 sary Commencement, in the college there, to which is added a Charge to the first 

 Graduates.] 



P.salm ii. 8. — Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and 

 the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 



Sermon XXIII. On the same subject. 



[Preached on the dedication of Washington College, in the State of Maryland, 

 June 23, 1789.] 



Malachi i. II. — From the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my 

 name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered 

 unto my name and a pure oflering; for my name shall be great among the heathen 

 saith the Lord of hosts. 



Sermon XXIV. On Christ's Fasting and Temptation. 



[Preached in Lent.] 

 Matt. iv. I-3. — Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be 

 tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was 

 afterwards an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be ihe 

 Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 



Sermon XXV. On the Institution of the Holy Sacrament. 



[Preached on the Sunday before Easter.] 

 Luke xxii. 15, etc. — And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this 

 Passover with you before I suffer; for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof 

 until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, etc. 



Sermon XXVI. On the Sufferings and Death of Christ. 



From the same text. [Preached on Good Friday.] 



Sermon XXVII. On the same subject. 



[Preached on Good Friday.] 

 Lam. i. 12. — Is it nothing unto you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see, if tlicre 

 be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath 

 afilicted me, in the day of his fierce anger. 



Sermon XXVIII. On the Certainty of the Resurrection of Christ. 



[Preached on Easter day.] 

 Job xix. 25, 26. — I know that my Redeemer livelh, and that he shall stand at the 

 latter day upon the earth; and thou-gh after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in 

 my flesh shall I see God. 



Sermon XXIX. On the Power of the Resurrection of Christ. 



[Preached on Easter day.] 

 Phil. iii. 8, lo. — Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency 

 of the knowledge of Clirist Jesus my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all 

 things, and do count them but. dung — that I may know him, and the power of liis 

 resurrection. 



