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most important part of it quite annihilated. Our West Indian colonies under great excitement, and the planters suffering severely from the difficulty of procuring labour; Canada requiring the presence of a large military force: a rupture in India apprehended; and, to complete the scene, the dread,-indeed the certainty,-that, if the Turkish-Egyptian question be not conducted with the utmost caution and discretion, an European war may be the result."—Extract from Morning Chronicle, 17th Aug.-And shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not done it? Amos iii. 6.

London: J. Rider, Printer, 14, Bartholomew Close.

Also, on sale, by the same Author.

I.

Third Edition, 8vo., Price 1s.

"THIS IS MY BODY." A Sermon preached in ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, before the Lord Mayor, Judges, Aldermen, and Common Council of London, on the 21st April, 1839, being the first Sunday in Easter Term.

"The main subject of this Sermon is Transubstantiation. We think this manly and well-timed defence of the faith will prove very useful, and cordially recommend it to all who desire to have in a small compass, the argument for the true doctrine of the Eucharist, and to know the history of its corruptions."-St. James' Chronicle, May 23.

"We have often regretted the demolition of Paul's Cross, where so many splendid sermons were delivered by Jewell and others; but such a sermon as this diminishes our regret.' -Conservative Journal, May 25.

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Second Edition, 8vo., Price 1s.

"OUR FATHER." Preached also in ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, before the Lord Mayor, Judges, &c., &c., on the 29th of May, 1839, being the first Sunday in Trinity Term.

"This is an able, a powerful, a faithful, and eloquent Sermon, full of important, but melancholy truths. As it is so cheap and good, we recommend every body to buy it, and read it, and inwardly digest it."-Conservative Journal, July 20.

SERMON

PREACHED AT

THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH,

IN STOCKTON,

On the 7th of October, 1838.

BY THE

REV. JOHN COLLINSON, M. A.,

RECTOR OF GATESHEAD,

DURHAM.

STOCKTON:

PRINTED At the offiCE OF T. JENNETT.

1839.

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A SERMON,

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"AND BESIDE THIS, GIVING ALL DILIGENCE, add tO YOUR FAITH, VIRTUE."-2 Peter, c. 1, v. 5.

I AM desired to preach here to-day for the express purpose of promoting a collection towards defraying the expenses of your new church. Willingly complying with this request, I have selected a text, from which I hope to prove to your conviction that it is not an easy thing to be a Christian, according to the Gospel model; but on the contrary, that it is a work of labour, and such as will require all our diligence constantly exerted during all our lives, to approve ourselves faithful followers of our Divine Lord and Master, Consequently, if we expect and hope to receive a favourable judgment at the Eternal Tribunal, it is absolutely necessary for us in this proba

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