THE

WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN. GOD,

EZEKIEL HOPKINS,D.D.

SUCCESSIVELY LORD BISHOP OF RAPHOE AND DERRY;

NOW FIRST COLLECTED.

ARRANGED AND REVISED,

WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AND A COPIOUS INDEX,

BY JOSIAH PRATT, B.D.F.A.S.

LECTURER OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF ST. MARY WOOLNOTH AND ST. MARY WOOLCHURCH HAW,
AND LADY CAMDEN'S WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURER AT THE CHURCH OF

ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY, LONDON,

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM,

Goswell Street;

FOR L. B. SEELEY, No. 169, FLEET STREET;
J. WALKER; J. HATCHARD; WILLIAMS AND SMITH; W. BAYNES; SHERWOOD,

NEELY, AND JONES; CRADOCK AND JOY; T. HAMILTON;

MAXWELL AND WILSON; AND GALE AND CURTIS.

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

Page

1. DEATH DISARMED OF ITS STING; FROM SEVERAL CONSI-

DERATIONS, viz.

1. Of Patience under Afflictions : a Discourse on

James i. 4.

3

2. Of the Consideration of our Future State, as the

remedy against Afflictions : a Discourse on 2 Cor.

iv. 18.

65

3. The Christian's Triumph over Death : a Discourse

on 1 Cor. xy. 55, 56.

81

4. Of the Resurrection : a Discourse on John xx. 26,27. 103

5. Of the Last Judginent: a Discourse on 2 Cor. v. 10. 125

II. MISCELLANEOUS SERMONS : viz.

1. The Use of the Holy Scriptures : from Col. iii. 16. 203

2. On Providence : from Mat. x. 29, 30.

232

3. The Omnipresence of God: from Ps.cxxxix.7,8,9,10. 255

4. The Nativity of Christ: preached on Christmas Day,

from Luke ii. 13, 14.

273

5. The Resurrection of Christ : preached on Easter

Day, from Acts ii. 24. -

305

6. The State and Way of Salvation : from Heb.vi. 9. 320

7. The Beauty of Holiness : from Prov. iii. 17.

354

8. The Virtues which adorn Religion: from Titus ii. 10. 374