!

THE

WORKS

OF

LAURENCE STERNE,

IN SIX VOLUMES;

CONTAINING

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENT......A
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY...

SERMONS......LETTERS, &c.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

VOLUME IV.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL AND CO

C. Stebbins, Printer, Boston,

1813.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I. p. 10.

INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good ?-Lord, lift

thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalm iv. 6.

SERMON II. p. 22.

THE HOUSE OF FEASTING AND THE HOUSE

OF MOURNING DESCRIBED.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of

feasting.--Eccl. vii. 2, S.

SERMON III. p. 33.

PHILANTHROPY

RECOMMENDED.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him

that fell amongst the thieves? - And he said, He that shewed mer-

cy on him. Then said Jesus unto him,-Go, and do thou like-
wise.--Luke x. 36, 37.

SERMON IV. p. 46.

SELF-KNOWLEDGE..

And Nathan said unto David, Thou art the man.-2 Sam. xii. 7.

SERMON V. p. 61.

THE CASE OF ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF

ZAREPHATH CONSIDERED.

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,

according to the word of the Lord which he spake by the prophet

Elijah.1 Kings xvii. 16.

SERMON VI. p. 78.

PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN IN THE TEMPLE.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than

the other. --Luke xviii. 14.

SERMON VII. p. 90.

VINDICATION OF HUMAN NATURE.

For none of us liveth to himself. Rom. xiv. 7.

SERMON VIII. p. 107.

TIME AND CHANCE.

I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,

-nor the battle to the strong; -neither yet bread to the wise,

nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men

of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all.-

Ecel. ix. 11.

SERMON IX. p. 109.

THE CHARACTER OF HEROD.

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,

saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and

weeping, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children,

and would not be comforted, because they are not. --Matt. xi.

17, 18.

SERMON X. p. 121.

JOB'S ACCOUNT OF THE SHORTNESS AND

TROUBLES OF LIFE CONSIDERED.

Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble :-

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also

as a shadow, and continueth not.--Job. xiv. 1, 2.

SERMON XI. p. 135.

EVIL-SPEAKING.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his

tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain.

--James i. 26.