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 thank God, I have not yet seen cause to alter my sentiments in any point which is therein…
Category: John Wesley
Sermon 100 – On Pleasing All Men
“Let every man please his neighbour for his good to edification.” Rom. 15:2. 1. Undoubtedly the duty here prescribed is incumbent on all mankind; at least on every one of those to whom are entrusted the oracles of God. For it is here enjoined to everyone without exception that names the name of Christ. And…
Sermon 99 – The Reward Of The Righteous
PREACHED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matt. 25:34. 1. Reason alone will convince every fair inquirer, that God “is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” This alone teaches him to say, “Doubtless there is a reward…
Sermon 98 – On Visiting The Sick
“I was sick, and ye visited me.” Matt. 25:36. 1. It is generally supposed, that the means of grace and the ordinances of God are equivalent terms. We commonly mean by that expression, those that are usually termed, works of piety; viz., hearing and reading the Scripture, receiving the Lord’s Supper, public and private prayer,…
Sermon 97 – On Obedience To Pastors
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: For they watch over your souls, as they that shall give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: For that is unprofitable for you.” Heb. 13:17. 1. Exceeding few, not only among nominal Christians, but among truly religious men,…
Sermon 96 – On Obedience To Parents
“Children, obey your parents in all things.” Col. 3:20 1. It has been a subject of controversy for many years, whether there are any innate principles in the mind of man. But it is allowed on all hands, if there be any practical principles naturally Unplanted in the soul, that “we ought to honour our…
Sermon 95 – On The Education Of Children
“Train up a child in the way wherein he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6. 1. We must not imagine that these words are to be understood in an absolute sense, as if no child that had been trained up in the way wherein he should…
Sermon 94 – On Family Religion
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Josh. 24:15. 1. In the foregoing verses we read that Joshua, now grown old, “gathered the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges and officers; and they presented themselves before the Lord.” (Josh.…
Sermon 93 – On Redeeming The Time
“Redeeming the time.” Eph. 5:16. 1. “See that ye walk circumspectly,” says the Apostle in the preceding verse, “not as fools, but as wise men, redeeming the time;” saving all the time you can for the best purposes; buying up every fleeting moment out of the hands of sin and Satan, out of the hands…
Sermon 92 – On Zeal
“It is good to be always zealously affected in a good thing.” Gal. 4:18. 1. There are few subjects in the whole compass of religion, that are of greater importance than this. For without zeal it is impossible, either to make any considerable progress in religion ourselves, or to do any considerable service to our…