DISCOURSE II.

The Garden of Eden.

GEN. ii. 8.

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom be had formed

37

Preached before the Univerfity of Oxford, at St. Mary's, June 16, 1771.

DISCOURSE III.

The Tree of Life.

GEN. ii. 9.

The Tree of Life alfo in the midst of the

garden

71

Preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's, O&. 18, 1772.

DISCOURSE V.

The Prince of Peace.

ZECH. ix. 9, 10.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; fhout,

O daughter of Jerufalem: behold, thy king

cometh unto thee: he is juft, and having

falvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass,

and upon a colt the foal of an afs. And I

will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and

the horse from Jerufalem, and the bat-

tle bow fhall be cut off: and he shall speak

peace unto the heathen: and his dominion

fhall be from fea even unto fea, and from

the river even to the ends of the earth.

131

Preached before the University of Oxford,
at St. Mary's, Dec. 2, 1764, being the first
Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE VI.

The King of Glory.

REV. i. 7.

Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye

fball fee him, and they also that pierced

him; and all the kindreds of the earth

fall wail because of him. Even fo, Amen.

159

Preached before the University of Oxford,
at St. Mary's, Dec. 11, 1757, being the
third Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE VII.

The Word Incarnate.

JOHN i. 14.

The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among

us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as

of the only-begotten of the Father) full of

grace and truth

191

Preached before the University of Oxford,

at St. Mary's, Dec. 17, 1769, being the
third Sunday in Advent.

Preached before the Univerfity of Oxford,

at St. Mary's, Dec. 12, 1773, being the
third Sunday in Advent.

DISCOURSE IX.

The Beloved Difciple.

JOHN XXI. 7.

That Difciple whom Jefus loved

261

Preached before the University of Oxford,

at St. Mary's, Dec. 27, 1768, being the
Feftival of St. John the Evangelift.

DISCOURSE X.

Rachel Comforted.

JER. XXXI. 15, 16, 17.
xxxi.

Thus faith the LORD, a voice was heard in

Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping :

Rachel, weeping for her children, refused

to be comforted for her children, because

they were not. Thus faith the LORD,

Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine

eyes from tears; for thy work fhall be re-

warded, faith the LORD, and they fhall

come again from the land of the enemy.

And there is hope in thine end, faith the

LORD, that thy children fhall come again

to their own border

285

Preached before the Univerfity of Oxford,
at St. Mary's, Dec. 28, 1772, being the
Festival of The Holy Innocents.