John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons

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John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons

Parochial and Plain sermons

Sermon 1. Holiness Necessary for Future Blessedness Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews xii. 14.

Sermon 2. The Immortality of the Soul What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. xvi. 26.

Sermon 3. Knowledge of God's Will without Obedience If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. John xiii. 17.

Sermon 4. Secret Faults Who can understand his errors? Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. Psalm xix. 12.

Sermon 5. Self-Denial the Test of Religious Earnestness Now it is high time to awake out of sleep. Rom. xiii. 11.

Sermon 6. The Spiritual Mind The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1 Cor. iv. 20.

Sermon 7. Sins of Ignorance and Weakness Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil cons

Sermon 8. God's Commandments not Grievous This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments and His commandments are not grievous. 1 John v. 3

Sermon 9. The Religious Use of Excited Feelings The man out of whom the devils were departed besought Him that he might be with Him but Jesus sent h

Sermon 10. Profession without Practice When there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon anothe

Sermon 11. Profession without Hypocrisy As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal. iii. 27.

Sermon 12. Profession without Ostentation Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Matt. v. 14.

Sermon 13. Promising without Doing A certain man had two sons and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. He answered and

Sermon 14. Religious Emotion But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise. Mark xiv. 31.

Sermon 15. Religious Faith Rational He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith, giving glory to God: and being

Sermon 16. The Christian Mysteries How can these things be? John iii. 9.

Sermon 17. The Self-wise Inquirer Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he m

Sermon 18. Obedience the Remedy for Religious Perplexity Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land. Psalm xxxv

Sermon 19. Times of Private Prayer Thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in s

Sermon 20. Forms of Private Prayer Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. Luke xi. 1.

Sermon 21. The Resurrection of the Body Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and

Sermon 22. Witnesses of the Resurrection Him God raised up the third day, and showed Him openly not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen bef

Sermon 23. Christian Reverence Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Psalm ii. 11.

Sermon 24. The Religion of the Day Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming f

Sermon 25. Scripture a Record of Human Sorrow There is at Jerusalem by the sheepmarket a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having

Sermon 26. Christian Manhood When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put aw

Sermon 1. The World's Benefactors

Sermon 2. Faith without Sight

Sermon 3. The Incarnation

Sermon 4. Martyrdom

Sermon 5. Love of Relations and Friends

Sermon 6. The Mind of Little Children

Sermon 7. Ceremonies of the Church

Sermon 8. The Glory of the Christian Church

Sermon 9. St. Paul's Conversion Viewed in reference to His Office

Sermon 10. Secrecy and Suddenness of Divine Visitations

Sermon 11. Divine Decrees

Sermon 12. The Reverence Due to the Virgin Mary

Sermon 13. Christ, a Quickening Spirit

Sermon 14. Saving Knowledge

Sermon 15. Self-Contemplation

Sermon 16. Religious Cowardice

Sermon 17. The Gospel Witnesses

Sermon 18. Mysteries in Religion

Sermon 19. The Indwelling Spirit

Sermon 20. The Kingdom of the Saints

Sermon 21. The Kingdom of the Saints

Sermon 22. The Gospel, a Trust Committed to Us

Sermon 23. Tolerance of Religious Error

Sermon 24. Rebuking Sin

Sermon 25. The Christian Ministry

Sermon 26. Human Responsibility

Sermon 27. Guilelessness

Sermon 28. The Danger of Riches

Sermon 29. The Powers of Nature

Sermon 30. The Danger of Accomplishments

Sermon 31. Christian Zeal

Sermon 32. Use of Saints' Days

Sermon 1. Abraham and Lot

Sermon 2. Wilfulness of Israel in Rejecting Samuel

Sermon 4. Early years of David

Sermon 5. Jeroboam

Sermon 6. Faith and Obedience

Sermon 7. Christian Repentance

Sermon 8. Contracted Views in Religion

Sermon 9. A Particular Providence as Revealed in the Gospel

Sermon 10. Tears of Christ at the Grave of Lazarus

Sermon 11. Bodily Suffering

Sermon 12. The Humiliation of the Eternal Son

Sermon 13. Jewish Zeal, a Pattern for Christians

Sermon 14. Submission to Church Authority

Sermon 15. Contest between Truth and Falsehood in the Church

Sermon 16. The Church Visible and Invisible

Sermon 17. The Visible Church an Encouragement to Faith

Sermon 18. The Gift of the Spirit

Sermon 19. Regenerating Baptism

Sermon 20. Infant Baptism

Sermon 21. The Daily Service

Sermon 22. The Good Part of Mary

Sermon 23. Religious Worship a Remedy for Excitements

Sermon 24. Intercession

Sermon 25. The Intermediate State

Sermon 1. The Strictness of the Law of Christ

Sermon 2. Obedience without Love, as instanced in the Character of Balaam

Sermon 3. Moral Consequences of Single Sins

Sermon 4. Acceptance of Religious Privileges Compulsory

Sermon 5. Reliance on Religious Observances

Sermon 6. The Individuality of the Soul

Sermon 7. Chastisement amid Mercy

Sermon 8. Peace and Joy amid Chastisement

Sermon 9. The State of Grace

Sermon 10. The Visible Church for the Sake of the Elect.

Sermon 11. The Communion of Saints

Sermon 12. The Church a Home for the Lonely

Sermon 13. The Invisible World

Sermon 14. The Greatness and Littleness of Human Life

Sermon 15. Moral Effects of Communion with God

Sermon 16. Christ Hidden from the World

Sermon 17. Christ Manifested in Remembrance

Sermon 18. The Gainsaying of Korah

Sermon 19. The Mysteriousness of our Present Being

Sermon 20. The Ventures of Faith

Sermon 21. Faith and Love

Sermon 22. Watching

Sermon 23. Keeping Fast and Festival

Sermon 1. Worship, a Preparation for Christ's Coming

Sermon 2. Reverence, a Belief in God's Presence

Sermon 3. Unreal Words

Sermon 4. Shrinking from Christ's Coming

Sermon 5. Equanimity

Sermon 6. Remembrance of Past Mercies

Sermon 7. The Mystery of Godliness

Sermon 8. The State of Innocence

Sermon 9. Christian Sympathy

Sermon 10. Righteousness not of us, but in us

Sermon 11. The Law of the Spirit

Sermon 12. The New Works of the Gospel

Sermon 13. The State of Salvation

Sermon 14. Transgressions and Infirmities

Sermon 15. Sins of Infirmity

Sermon 16. Sincerity and Hypocrisy

Sermon 17. The Testimony of Conscience

Sermon 18. Many Called, Few Chosen

Sermon 19. Present Blessings

Sermon 20. Endurance, the Christian's Portion

Sermon 21. Affliction, a School of Comfort

Sermon 22. The Thought of God, the Stay of the Soul

Sermon 23. Love, the One Thing needful

Sermon 24. The Power of the Will

Sermon 1. Fasting a Source of Trial

Sermon 2. Life the Season of Repentance

Sermon 3. Apostolic Abstinence a Pattern for Christians

Sermon 4. Christ's Privations a Meditation for Christians

Sermon 5. Christ, the Son of God made Man

Sermon 6. The Incarnate Son, a Sufferer and Sacrifice

Sermon 7. The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World

Sermon 8. Difficulty of Realizing Sacred Privileges

Sermon 9. The Gospel Sign Addressed to Faith

Sermon 10. The Spiritual Presence of Christ in the Church

Sermon 11. The Eucharistic Presence

Sermon 12. Faith the Title for Justification

Sermon 13. Judaism of the Present Day

Sermon 14. The Fellowship of the Apostles

Sermon 15. Rising with Christ

Sermon 16. Warfare the Condition of Victory

Sermon 17. Waiting for Christ

Sermon 18. Subjection of the Reason and Feelings to the Revealed Word

Sermon 19. The Gospel Palaces

Sermon 20. The Visible Temple

Sermon 21. Offerings for the Sanctuary

Sermon 22. The Weapons of Saints

Sermon 23. Faith without Demonstration

Sermon 24. The Mystery of the Holy Trinity

Sermon 25. Peace in Believing

Sermon 1. The Lapse of Time

Sermon 2. Religion a Weariness to the Natural Man

Sermon 3. The World our Enemy

Sermon 4. The Praise of Men

Sermon 5. Temporal Advantages

Sermon 6. The Season of Epiphany

Sermon 7. The Duty of Self-denial

Sermon 8. The Yoke of Christ

Sermon 9. Moses the Type of Christ

Sermon 10. The Crucifixion

Sermon 11. Attendance on Holy Communion

Sermon 12. The Gospel Feast

Sermon 13. Love of Religion, a New Nature

Sermon 14. Religion Pleasant to the Religious

Sermon 15. Mental Prayer

Sermon 16. Infant Baptism

Sermon 17. The Unity of the Church

Sermon 18. Steadfastness in Old Paths

Sermon 1. Reverence in Worship

Sermon 2. Divine Calls

Sermon 3. The Trial of Saul

Sermon 4. The Call of David

Sermon 5. Curiosity a Temptation to Sin

Sermon 6. Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief

Sermon 7. Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant

Sermon 8. Inward Witness to the Truth of the Gospel

Sermon 9. Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed

Sermon 10. Endurance of the World's Censure

Sermon 11. Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World

Sermon 12. Vanity of Human Glory

Sermon 13. Truth Hidden when not Sought After

Sermon 14. Obedience to God the Way to Faith in Christ

Sermon 15. Sudden Conversions

Sermon 16. The Shepherd of Our Souls

Sermon 17. Religious Joy

Sermon 18. Ignorance of Evil

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