The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles   By: H. J. (Harry John) Wilmot-Buxton (1843-1911)

A YEAR'S PLAIN SERMONS

ON THE

GOSPELS OR EPISTLES.

VOL. II.

TRINITY TO ADVENT.

BY

H. J. WILMOT BUXTON, M.A.,

VICAR OF S. GILES IN THE WOOD, N. DEVON.

AUTHOR OF "SUNDAY SERMONETTES FOR A YEAR." "MISSION SERMONS." "THE LIFE WORTH LIVING AND OTHER PLAIN SERMONS." "THE CHILDREN'S BREAD A SERIES OF SHORT SERMONS FOR CHILDREN." "THE LORD'S SONG SERMONS ON HYMNS," ETC.

Sixth Edition.

London:

SKEFFINGTON & SON, PICCADILLY, W.,

PUBLISHERS TO H.M. THE QUEEN AND TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

1898.

TO

MY DEAR MOTHER,

MY EARLIEST AND BEST TEACHER AND GUIDE, THESE SERMONS ARE DEDICATED.

Contents.

THE OPEN DOOR ( Trinity Sunday ) REV. iv. 1. "A door was opened in Heaven."

THE CONTRAST ( First Sunday after Trinity ) S. LUKE xvi. 19, 20. "There was a certain rich man, . . . and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus."

THE WAY OF LIFE ( Second Sunday after Trinity ) 1 JOHN iii. 14. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren."

MAN'S LIFE HIS MONUMENT ( Third Sunday after Trinity ) 1 S. PETER v. 10. "The God of all grace . . . make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."

THE BLESSING OF MERCY ( Fourth Sunday after Trinity ) S. LUKE vi. 36. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful."

THE WORDS OF OUR LIPS ( Fifth Sunday after Trinity ) 1 S. PETER iii. 10. "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile."

ALIVE UNTO GOD ( Sixth Sunday after Trinity ) ROMANS vi. 11. "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."

SERVANTS OF SIN ( Seventh Sunday after Trinity ) ROMANS vi. 20. "The servants of sin."

KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS ( Eighth Sunday after Trinity ) S. MATT. vii. 16. "Ye shall know them by their fruits."

RENDERING OUR ACCOUNT ( Ninth Sunday after Trinity ) S. LUKE xvi. 2. "Give an account of thy stewardship."

THE TEARS OF CHRIST ( Tenth Sunday after Trinity ) S. LUKE xix. 41. "He beheld the city, and wept over it."

THE GRACE OF GOD ( Eleventh Sunday after Trinity ) 1 Cor. xv. 10. "By the Grace of God I am what I am."

DEAF EARS AND STAMMERING TONGUES ( Twelfth Sunday after Trinity ) S. MARK vii. 37. "He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."

THE GOOD SAMARITAN ( Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity ) S. LUKE x. 30. "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves."

WALKING WITH GOD ( Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity ) GALATIANS v. 16. "Walk in the Spirit."

THE PREACHING OF NATURE ( Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity ) S. MATT. vi. 28. "Consider the lilies of the field."

PAST KNOWLEDGE ( Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity ) EPHESIANS iii. 19. "To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge."

THE PRISON HOUSE ( Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity ) EPHESIANS iv. 1. "The prisoner of the Lord."

FIRM TO THE END ( Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity ) 1 COR. i. 8. "Who also shall confirm you unto the end."

SCHOLARS OF CHRIST ( Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity ) EPHESIANS iv. 20. "Ye have not so learned Christ."

WARY WALKING ( Twentieth Sunday after Trinity ) EPHESIANS v. 15. "See then that ye walk circumspectly."

STRONG CHRISTIANS ( Twenty first Sunday after Trinity ) EPHESIANS vi. 10. "My brethren, be strong in the Lord."

THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS ( Twenty second Sunday after Trinity ) S. MATTHEW xviii. 28. "Pay me that thou owest."

THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY ( Twenty third Sunday after Trinity ) PHIL. iii. 20. "Our conversation is in Heaven."

THANKFUL SERVICE ( Twenty fourth Sunday after Trinity ) COL. i. 12. "Giving thanks."

GATHERING THE FRAGMENTS ( Twenty fifth Sunday after Trinity ) S. JOHN vi. 12. "Gather up the fragments that remain."