_Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee; Go, and sin no more._ 319 SERMON XXIII. Preached March 1, 1772. St. MATTHEW xi. 29. _Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls._ 333 SERMON XXIV. Preached April 30, 1769. LUKE xvi. 14. _And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all those things: and they derided him._ 350 SERMON XXV. Preached June 25, 1775. ECCLESIASTES v. 10. _He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver._ 366 SERMON XXVI. Preached Feb. 21, 1773. 1 COR. vi. 20. _Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s._ 378 SERMON XXVII. Preached March 13, 1774. JOB xiii. 26. _Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth._ 393 SERMON XXVIII. Preached May 28, 1769. ECCLESIASTES vii. 21, 22. _Take no heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee. For oftentimes, also, thine own heart knoweth, that thou thyself, likewise, hast cursed others._ 407 SERMON I. PREACHED FEBRUARY 3, 1771. ST. MATTH. xiii. 51, 52. _Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old._ If there be any difficulty in these words, it will be removed by considering the _manners_ of that time, in which Jesus lived, and the _ideas_ of those persons, to whom he addressed himself. The Israelites were a plain, frugal people; abundantly supplied with all things needful to the convenient support of life, but very sparingly with such as come under the notion of ornaments or superfluities. They drew their means of subsistence chiefly from pasturage, agriculture, and other rural occupations. Gold and Silver was scarce among the ancient Jews; and the less necessary to them, as they had little traffic among themselves, and still less with their pagan neighbours; the wisdom of their Law having purposely restrained, and, upon the matter, prohibited, all the gainful ways of commerce.