PREACHED BEFORE

THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF

LINCOLN'S INN,

FROM THE YEAR 1812 TO THE YEAR 1819,

BY

WILLIAM VAN MILDERT, D. D.

PREACHER OF LINCOLN'S INN,

NOW BISHOP OF DURHAM.

1831.

VOL. II.

OXFORD,

PRINTED BY S. COLLINGWOOD, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY,

FOR THE AUTHOR;

AND SOLD BY J. PARKER, OXFORD: MESSRS. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO

PLACE; J. HATCHARD, PICCADILLY; AND C. F. COCK,

FLEET STREET, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXI.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

SERMON I.

Cautions against being ashamed of Chris-

tianity.

ROMANS i. 16.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is

the power of God unto salvation.

SERMON II.

John the Baptist.

MATTHEw xi. 10.

This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my

messenger before thy face, which shall prepare

thy way before thee.

SERMON III.

Gradual accession of evidence to the truth of

Christianity.

MATTHEW xiii. 16, 17.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your

ears, for they hear. For, verily I say unto you,

that many prophets and righteous men have de-

sired to see those things which ye see, and have

not seen them; and to hear those things which ye

hear, and have not heard them.

SERMON IV.

Our Lord's Temptation.

MATTHEW iv. 1.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wil-

derness, to be tempted of the Devil.

SERMON V.

Our Lord's Transfiguration.

MARK ix. 12.

And after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter,

and James, and John, and leadeth them into an

high mountain apart by themselves, and He was

transfigured before them.

SERMON VI.

The Gadarene Demoniacs.

MATTHEW viii. 28.

And when he was come to the other side into the

country of the Gergesenes, there met him two pos-

sessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, ex-

ceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that

way.

SERMON VII.

Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard.

MATTHEW xx. 16.

So the last shall be first, and the first last; for

many be called, but few chosen.

SERMON VIII.

Parable of the Lost Sheep.

LUKE xv. 7.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven

over one sinner that repenteth, more than over

ninety and nine just persons, which need no re-

pentance.

SERMON IX.

Parable of the Unjust Steward.

LUKE xvi. 8, 9.

And the Lord commended the unjust steward, be-

cause he had done wisely; for the children of

this world are in their generation wiser than the

children of light. And I say unto you, Make to

yourselves friends of the mammon of unright-

eousness, that, when ye fail, they may receive

you into everlasting habitations.

SERMON Χ.

St. Paul's Conversion.

Acts xxvi. 28.

Then Agrippa said, Almost thou persuadest me

to be a Christian.

SERMON ΧΙ.

St. Paul at Athens.

Acts xvii. 22, 23.

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and

said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all

things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed

by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar

with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.

Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him de-

clare I unto you.