THE

THEOLOGICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM BEVERIDGE, D.D.

SOMETIME LORD BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH.

VOL. III.

SERMONS LII.-LXXVII.

OXFORD:

JOHN HENRY PARKER.

MDCCCXLIV.

CONTENTS.

THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SALVATION OF MAN, IN
THIRTEEN SERMONS.

SERMON LII.

(Page 1.)

THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

Luke x. 42.

But one thing is needful:-and Mary hath chosen that good

part, which shall not be taken away from her.

SERMON LIII.

(Page 16.)

UNIVERSAL OBEDIENCE REQUISITE TO SALVATION.

Luke i. 6.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the

Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless.

SERMON LIV.

(Page 37.)

UNIVERSAL OBEDIENCE REQUISITE TO SALVATION.

Luke i. 6.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the

Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless.

.SERMON LV.

(Page 58.)

THE GLORY OF GOD, THE FINAL CAUSE OF ALL THINGS.

Proverbs xvi. 4.

The Lord hath made all things for Himself, yea, even the

wicked for the day of evil.

SERMON LVI.

(Page 74.)

THE GLORY OF GOD, THE FINAL CAUSE OF ALL THINGS.

Proverbs xvi. 4.

The Lord hath made all things for Himself, yea, even the

wicked for the day of evil.

SERMON LVII.

(Page 91.)

GOD ALONE TO BE SERVED.

Matthew iv. 10.

And Him only shalt thou serve.

SERMON LVIII.

(Page 109.)

THE ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.

Psalm exxii. 1.

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house

of the Lord.

SERMON LIX.

(Page 126.)

THE DUTY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.

Psalm xcv. 1, 2.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in

the strength of our Salvation. Let us come before His

presence with thanksgiving, and shew ourselves glad in

Him with psalms.

SERMON LX.

(Page 144.)

THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE.

2 Timothy iii. 16, 17.

And it is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,

for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may

be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

SERMON LXI.

(Page 159.)

THE PREFERENCE OF SPIRITUAL FOOD TO NATURAL.

John vi. 27.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat

which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man

shall give unto you; for Him hath God the Father sealed.

SERMON LXII.

(Page 175.)

THE PREFERENCE OF THINGS INVISIBLE AND ETERNAL TO

VISIBLE AND TEMPORAL.

2 Corinthians iv. 18.

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the

things which are not seen; for the things which are seen

are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

SERMON LXIII.

(Page 190.)

OF TRUST IN GOD.

Psalm ix. 10.

And they that know Thy Name will put their trust in Thee;

for Thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek Thee.

SERMON LXIV.

(Page 207.)

THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF RESTITUTION.

Luke xix. 8.

And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord,

the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken

any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him

four-fold.