TO BE READ IN FAMILIES.

BY

WILLIAM JAY.

VOL. II.

“ In every work regard the writer's end."

For I know him, that he will command his children and his house.

hold after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do
justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abra-

ham that which he hath spoken of him..Gen. xviii. 19,
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in

thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up. Deut. vi. 6, 7.

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THE CONTENTS,

DISCOURSE I.

A CHECK TO PRESUMPTION.

ET us therefore fear lest a promise being left us of en-

tering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short
of it.-Heb. iv. 1.

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DISCOURSE II.

REVIEW OF LIFE.

(LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.)

And God requireth that which is past.---Eccl. iii. 15.

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DISCOURSE III.

OUR IGNORANCE OF FUTURITY.

(NEW YEAR'S DAY.)

--As soon as I shall see how it will go with me.-Phil.

fii. 23.

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DISCOURSE IV.

RELIGION MORE THAN FORMALITY.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.

-2 Tim. iii. 5.

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DISCOURSE V.

AUTUMN,

We all do fade as a leaf.--Is. Ixiv. 6,

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