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The Works of P. Doddridge [ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons. Preceded By] Memoirs of the Life, Character and Writings of P. Doddridge, by J.
The Works of P Doddridge Memoirs of the Life Character and Writings of P Doddridge by J - ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons. Preceded By Author:Philip Doddridge Title: The Works Of... P. Doddridge [ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons. Preceded By] Memoirs of the Life, Character and Writings of ... P. Doddridge, by J. Orton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1803 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or m... more »issing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: FUNERAL SERMONS. THE CARE OF THE SOUL URGED AS THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. A Sermon preached June 22,1735. ADVERTISEMENT. As I would not willingly incur the censure of being over forward in publish ing so plain a sermon on so common a subject, I beg leave to inform the reader of the occasion that determined me to do it. The following discourse was first preached to a very numerous auditory at the funeral of a young person, who being seized on a sudden with a violent and mortal illness, which nevertheless did not destroy the exercise of her reason, was deeply impressed with a sense of her eternal interest, and expressed that sense in a manner which affected me as much as any thing of that nature which I had ever seen; not only recommending the text to me, but also charging this one thing needful on her brother and sisters in my hearing, with a solemnity and earnestness, which I hope neither they nor I shall ever forget. But I imputed the remarkable attention with which the sermon was heard, and the kind notice which was afterwards taken of it by many, to that awful circumstance, rather than to any thing in the discourse itself. I had afterwards the honour to preach it, with some proper alterations, before some worthy and excellent persons of considerable rank and eminence in life, who are not ashamed publicly to own, that religion is their greatest concern. They were pleased to express such satisfaction in the seriousness and plainness with...« less