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OLD TESTAMENT HISTORIES.
SELECTED FROM THE PARISH DISCOURSES
OF
THE LATE VEN. EDWARD BATHER,
ARCH DEACON OF SALOP, IN THE DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD,
CONTENTS.
SERMON I.
THE HISTORY OF THE FALL OF MAN.
Preached on the morning of Sexagesima Sunday.
GEN. iii. 1.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
SERMON II.
NOAH'S FAITH.
Preached on the evening of Sexagesima Sunday.
HEB. xi. 7.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which
he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
which is by faith
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SERMON III.
LOT'S DELIVERANCE OUT OF SODOM.
Preached on the morning of the 1st Sunday in Lent.
GEN. xix. 16, 17.
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And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon
the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the
Lord being merciful unto him and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had
brought him forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look
not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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SERMON IV.
ABRAHAM TRIED
Preached on the evening of the 1st Sunday in Lent.
GEN. xxii. 1, 2.
And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for
a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 38
SERMON V.
JACOB'S DECEIT.
Preached on the 2nd Sunday in Lent.
GEN. xxvii. 19.
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me .
SERMON VI.
THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH.
Ps. cv. 17.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant.
SERMON VII.
JOSEPH'S TEMPTATION.
Preached on the 3rd Sunday in Lent.
GEN. xxxix. 9.
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
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SERMON VIII.
ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE OUT OF EGYPT.
EXOD. xiv. 30, 31.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. And Israel
saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and
the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant
Moses
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SERMON IX.
ISRAEL'S ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN.
JOSH. xi. 23.
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel
according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested
from war.
SERMON X.
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THE PRAYER OF MOSES.
EXOD. xxxiii. 18-20.
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will
make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the
name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will
be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man
see me, and live
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SERMON XI.
HISTORY OF RUTH.
RUTH i. 14.
And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her
SERMON XII.
SAUL AND AGAG.
Preached on the 5th Sunday after Trinity.
1 SAM. XV. 9.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good,
and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile
and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
SERMON XIII
SAUL, JONATHAN, AND DAVID.
Preached on Quinquagesima Sunday.
1 COR. xiii. 4.
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Charity envieth not
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