THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOLUME V.

CONTAINING

SERMON S.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

TITLES OF THE TWENTY-FIVE SERMONS,

THEIR ORDER, NUMBER, AND TEXTS.

SERMON I. II. III.

ADVENT SUNDAY.

DOOMS-DAY BOOK; or, Christ's Advent to Judgment

2 Cor. v. 10.

PAGE

1, 16, 34

For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one

may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,

whether it be good or bad.

SERMON IV. V. VI.

The Return of Prayers; or, the Conditions of a prevailing Prayer 51, 66, 81

John, ix. 31.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man be a wor-

skipper of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.

SERMON VII. VIII. IX.

Of Godly Fear, &c.

98, 112, 126

Heb. xii. part of the 28th and 29th verses.

Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly

fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

SERMON X. XI.

The Flesh and the Spirit.

Matth. xxvi. 41; latter part.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

139, 155

SERMON XII. XIII. XIV.

Of Lukewarmness and Zeal; or, Spiritual Fervour.

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171, 185, 202

Jerem. xlviii. 10; first part.

Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully.

SERMON XV. XVI.

The House of Feasting; or, the Epicure's Measures

1 Cor. xv. 32; last part.

Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

SERMON XVII. XVIII.

The Marriage-Ring; or, the Mysteriousness and Duties of Mar-

riage

Ephes. v. 32, 33.

217, 231

248, 263

This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as

himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

SERMON XIX. XX. XXI.

Apples of Sodom; or, the Fruits of Sin.

Rom. vi. 21.

279, 296, 311

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For

the end of those things is death.

SERMON XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV.

The good and evil Tongue.-Of Slander and Flattery.―The

Duties of the Tongue····

Ephes. iv. 29.

326, 340, 355, 370

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is

good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.