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SERMONS OF THE REV. SAMUEL DAVIES (IN 3 VOLUMES) - CURRENTLY OUT-OF-PRINT
SAMUEL DAVIES (1723-1761)
THIS IS THE COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET- CURRENTLY OUT-OF-PRINT
Samuel Davies was Jonathan Edwards’s successor at what is now Princeton University. He is considered the founder of Southern Presbyterianism and was a key proponent of religious tolerance and social justice in early eighteenth-century America. He convinced the king of England to be tolerant to the American colonies in matters of religious observance and was also a champion of educating slaves in accordance with their equal standing in heaven. His prime legacy, however, is in the form of his sermons. Davies was regarded as one of the preeminent evangelists of his era and its finest preacher.
All three volumes of this collection of Davies’s sermons are titled Sermons on Important Subjects, and all three show the vitality that pervaded Davies’s oratory. These are indeed important writings on important subjects.
VOLUME ONE
1. The Divine Authority and Sufficiency of the Christian Religion (Luke 16:27-31)
2. The Nature of Salvation Through Jesus Christ Explained and Recommended (John 3:16)
3. Sinners Entreated to be Reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20)
4. The Nature and Universality of Spiritual Death (Eph. 2:2,5)
5. The Nature and Process of Spiritual Life (Eph. 2:4,5)
6. Poor and Contrite Spirits the Objects of the Divine Favor (Isa. 66:2)
7. The Nature and Danger of Making Light of Christ and of Salvation (Matt. 22:5)
8. The Compassion of Christ to Weak Believers (Matt. 12:20)
9. The Connection Between Present Holiness and Future Felicity (Heb. 12:14)
10. The Mediatorial Kingdom and Glories of Jesus Christ (John 18:37)
11. Things Unseen to be Preferred to Things Seen (2 Cor. 4:18)
12. The Sacred Import of the Christian Name (Acts 11:26)
13. The Divine Mercy to Mourning Penitents (Jer. 31:18-20)
14. Christ Precious to All True Believers (1 Peter 2:7)
15. The Danger of Lukewarmness in Religion (Rev. 3:15,16)
16. The Divine Government the Joy of our World (Psalm 97:1)
17. The Name of God Proclaimed by Himself (Exodus 33:18,19; w/ 34:6,7)
18. God is Love (1 John 4:8)
19. The General Resurrection (John 5:28,29)
20. The Universal Judgment (Acts 17:30,31)
21. The One Thing Needful (Luke 10:41,42)
22. Saints Saved with Difficulty, and the Certain Perdition of Sinners (1 Peter 4:18)
23. Indifference to Life Urged from its Shortness and Vanity (1 Cor. 7:29-31)
24. The Preaching of Christ Crucified the Mean of Salvation (1 Cor. 1:22-24)
25. Ingratitude to God a Heinous but General Iniquity (2 Chron. 32:25)
VOLUME TWO
26. The Sufferings of Christ, and their Consequent Joys and Blessings (Isa. 53:10.11)
27. Life and Immortality Revealed in the Gospel (2 Tim. 1:10)
28. Jesus Christ the Only Foundation (Isa. 28:16,17)
29. The Necessity and Excellence of Family Religion (1 Tim. 5:8)
30. The Rule of Equity (Matt. 7:12)
31. Dedication to God Argued from Redeeming Mercy (1 Cor. 6:19,20)
32. The Christian Feast (1 Cor. 5:8)
33. The Nature and Blessedness of Sonship with God (1 John 3:1,2)
34. A Sermon on the New Year (Jer. 28:16) (within a month of his own death)
35. An Enrollment of our Names in Heaven the Noblest Source of Joy (Luke 10:20)
36. The Success of the Gospel by the Divine Power upon the Souls of Men (2 Cor. 10:4,5)
37. Divine Perfections Illustrated in the Method of Salvation through Sufferings of Christ (Jn. 12:27,28)
38. Religion the Highest Wisdom, and Sin the Greatest Madness and Folly (Ps. 111:10)
39. Rejection of Christ a Common but Most Unreasonable Iniquity (Mark 12:6)
40. The Doom of the Incorrigible Sinner (Prov. 29:1)
41. The Nature of Looking to Christ Opened and Explained (Isa. 45:22)
42. Arguments to Enforce our Looking unto Christ (Isa. 45:22)
43. The Vessels of Mercy and the Vessels of Wrath Delineated (Rom. 9:22,23)
44. The Nature and Necessity of True Repentance (Acts 17:30)
45. The Tender Anxieties of Ministers for their People (Gal. 4:19,20)
46. The Wonderful Compassions of Christ to the Greatest Sinners (Matt. 23:37)
47. The Nature of Love to God Opened and Enforced (John 21:17)
48. The Nature and Author of Regeneration (John 3:7)
49. The Divine Life in the Souls of Men Considered (Gal. 2:20)
50. On the Same Subject (Gal. 2:20)
51. The Ways of Sin Hard and Difficult (Acts 9:5)
52. The Characters of the Whole and Sick, in a Spiritual Sense, Considered and Contrasted (Matt. 9:12)
53. A Sight of Christ the Desire and Delight of Saints in All Ages (John 8:56)
54. The Law and Gospel (Gal. 3:23)
55. The Gospel Invitation (Luke 14:21-24)
56. The Nature of Justification, and the Nature and Concern of Faith in it (Rom. 1:16,17)
VOLUME THREE
57. The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel Owing to a Divine Influence (1 Cor. 3:7)
58. The Rejection of Gospel Light the Condemnation of Men (John 3:19)
59. A New Year’s Gift (Rom. 13:11)
60. On the Death of His Late Majesty King George II (2 Sam. 1:19)
61. Religion and Patriotism the Constituents of a Good Soldier (2 Sam. 10:12)
62. The Crisis: or, the Uncertain Doom of Kingdoms at Particular Times (Jonah 3:9)
63. The Curse of Cowardice (Jer. 48:10)
64. The Signs of the Times (Luke 21:10-26)
65. The Happy Effects of the Pouring Out of the Spirit (Isa. 32:13-19)
66. A Time of Unusual Sickness and Mortality Improved (Jer. 5:3)
67. The Religious Improvement of the Late Earthquake (Isa. 24:18-20)
68. Serious Reflections on War (James 4:1)
69. On the Defeat of General Braddock Going to Fort DeQuesne (Isa. 22:12-14)
70. God the Sovereign of All Nations (Daniel 4:25)
71. A Thanksgiving Sermon for National Blessings (Ezek. 20:43,44)
72. Practical Atheism, in Denying the Agency of Divine Providence, Exposed (Zeph. 1:12)
73. The Primitive and Present State of Man Compared (Rom. 5:17)
74. The Certainty of Death – A Funeral Sermon (Ezek. 33:8)
75. Evidences of a Want of Love to God (John 5:42)
76. The Objects, Grounds, and Evidences of the Hope of the Righteous (Prov. 14:32)
77. The Love of Souls a Necessary Qualification for the Ministerial Office (1 Thess. 2:8)
78. The Office of Bishop a Good Work (1 Tim. 3:1)
79. A Christmas Day Sermon (Luke 2:13,14)
80. Christians Solemnly Reminded of Their Obligations (Joshua 24:22)
81. The Guilt and Doom of Impenitent Hearers (Matt. 13:14)
82. The Apostolic Valediction Considered and Applied (2 Cor. 13:11)
Author
SAMUEL DAVIES (1723–1761) was a Presbyterian preacher in colonial British America who helped lead the Southern phase of the Great Awakening. Davies was a leading proponent of religious tolerance and social justice—particularly in his encouragement of the education of slaves in accordance with their equal standing in heaven. He raised funds in England for the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), which he served as its fourth president. His work during the Great Awakening centered at Hanover, Virginia, where he became the first moderator of the first presbytery of Virginia. He further enhanced his reputation by defending Dissenters in court and was considered the outstanding preacher of his day.
Endorsements
“Though less well-known than his eighteenth-century contemporaries like Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys, Samuel Davies was an important voice for revival, holiness, missions, and religious freedom in the generation before America’s founding. Above all, Davies was a preacher of uncommon skill and his published sermons edified generations of Christians. I am glad to see this reissued collection of his sermons made available on the eve of the tercentennial of his birth.” — Joseph C. Harrod, author of Theology and Spirituality in the Works of Samuel Davies
“It is very good news that Davies is to be reprinted. Some people doubt there ever was a Great Awakening. He saw it, and to read him is to meet something of the preaching with ‘sacred fire’ that redirected the lives of so many, Black and White, heavenwards. Here is strong Calvinistic preaching anointed with fervent love.” — Iain H. Murray, author of Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858
“With great pleasure I recommend the sermons of Samuel Davies. Davies is one of the best Reformed, experimental preachers I have read. His sermons are warm and edifying, and all who read them will profit. One of the benefits for preachers in reading these sermons is to learn how to preach to the unconverted. Davies’s sermons are a model of gospel preaching. If you want to be more effective in addressing and pleading with sinners, study the preaching of Samuel Davies.” — Joseph A. Pipa Jr., president emeritus and professor of systematic and applied theology, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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OVER 2000 PAGES OF PREACHING FROM THE GREAT AWAKENING
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