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Preached before the Society for Reformation of Manners on Sunday, January 30, 1763 at the Chapel in West-Street, Seven-Dials "Who will rise up with me against the wicked" Ps. 94:16.

"If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is...

"Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Mark 1:15.

"If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." Luke 16:31

Preached at St. Mary's Oxford, before the university, on June 18, 1738 "By Grace are ye saved through faith." Ephesians 2.8

Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the university, August 24, 1744. [This Sermon was originally published in a separate pamphlet, accompanied by the following address "to the reader," to which was...

"Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart...

Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the university, on July 25, 1741. "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26.28.

Preached on Sunday April 4, 1742, before the University of Oxford, by the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. student of Christ-Church "Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give...

"Will the Lord absent himself for ever And will he be no more entreated Is his mercy clean gone for ever And is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore" Ps. 77:7, 8.

"Brethren, be not children in understanding: Howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men." 1 Cor. 14:20.

"And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart And Jehonadab...

"O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord; what destruction he hath brought upon the earth!" Ps. 46:8.

"Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered" Jer. 8:22.

"And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name: and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not." Mark 9:38...

"Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect." Phil. 3:12.

Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, on January 1, 1733. "Circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter." Romans 2:29.

"If thy brother shall sin against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear, take with thee one or two...

"They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition." 1 Tim. 6:9.

The following discourse was written above five-and-fifty years ago, for the use of my pupils at Oxford. I have added very little, but retrenched much; as I then used more words than I do now. But, I...

"Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." Lev. 19:17.

"For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." 1 John 3:8.

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Rom. 8:1

Preached at Bristol, in the year 1740 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things" Rom. 8:32

"The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that subjected it: Yet in...