THE

WORKS

OF

LAURENCE STERNE;

IN SIX VOLUMES

CONTAINING

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENT..............A
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY...........
SERMONS......LETTERS, &c.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

VOLUME V.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL AND CO.

..

C. Stebbins, Printer, Boston.

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1814.

CONTENTS.

SERMON XXIII. p. 11.

THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LA-

ZARUS CONSIDERED.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,

neither will they be persuaded though one should rise from the

dead.--Luke xvi. 31.

SERMON XXIV. p. 24..

PRIDE.

But thou, when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room,

that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend,

go up higher; then shalt thou have worship in the presence of

them who sit at meat with thee; for whosoever exalteth himself

shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

-Luke xiv. 10, 11.

SERMON XXV. p. 36.

HUMILITY.

Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find

rest unto your souls.-

-Mat. xi. 29.

SERMON XXVI. p. 48.

ADVANTAGES OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE

WORLD.

-Rom. i. 22.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.-

SERMON XXVII. p. 59.

THE ABUSES OF CONSCIENCE CONSIDERED.

-For we trust we have a good conscience.- -Heb. xiii. 18.

SERMON XXVIII. p. 73.

TEMPORAL ADVANTAGES OF RELIGION.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

-Prov. iii. 17.

SERMON XXIX. p. 82.

OUR CONVERSATION IN HEAVEN.

For our conversation is in heaven.--Phil. iii, 20.

SERMON XXX. p. 91.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD.

Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved,-what manner

of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?

looking and hastening unto the coming of God.-2 Pet. iii. xi.

SERMON XXXI. p. 101.

ST. PETER'S CHARACTER.

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of

Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on

us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this

man to walk ?—— -Acts iii. 12.

SERMON XXXII. p. 105.

THIRTIETH OF JANUARY.

And I said, O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face

to thee, my God:--for our iniquities are increased over our

head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. Since the

days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this

day.--Ezra ix. 6, 7.

SERMON XXXIII. p. 125.

Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-

suffering, knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to

repentance?- Rom. ii. 4.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, there-

fore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

-Eccles, viii. 17.

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