E-text prepared by Al Haines PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D. Formerly Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford In Eight Volumes VOL. VIII. New Edition London Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: 15 East 16th Street 1891 CONTENTS. SERMON I. Reverence in Worship. "_Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod._"--1 Sam. ii. 18 SERMON II. Divine Calls. "_And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak: for Thy servant heareth._"--1 Sam. iii. 10 SERMON III. The Trial of Saul. "_And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering._"--1 Sam. xiii. 9 SERMON IV. The Call of David. "_So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone._"--1 Sam. xvii. 50 SERMON V. Curiosity of Temptation to Sin. "_Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away._"--Prov. iv. 14, 15 SERMON VI. Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief. "_And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? and how long will it be ere they believe Me, for all the signs which I have showed among them?_"--Num. xiv. 11 SERMON VII. Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant. "_Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shall be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place._"--2 Kings xxii. 19, 20 SERMON VIII. Inward Witness to the Truth of the Gospel. "_I have more understanding than my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my study; I am wiser than the aged, because I keep Thy commandments._"--Psalm cxix. 99, 100 SERMON IX. Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed. "_Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord._"--Jer. i. 8 SERMON X. Endurance of the World's Censure. "_And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them; neither be afraid of their words, though briars and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house._"--Ezek. ii. 6 SERMON XI. Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World. "_Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God._"--1 Cor. x. 31 SERMON XII. Vanity of Human Glory. "_The world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not._"--1 John iii. 1 SERMON XIII. Truth hidden when not sought after. "_They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables._"--2 Tim. iv. 4 SERMON XIV.