BY

HUGH BLAIR, D.D. F.R.S.E.

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ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIGH CHURCH,

AND

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES,

IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF

THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

JAMES FINLAYSON, D. D.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY SHARPE AND SON, EDWARDS AND CO. WALKER, ROSE,

TAYLOR, SMITH AND CO. WILLIAMS, AND HARRIS.

1820.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Short Account of the Life and Character of Dr Hugh

Blair,

SERMON I.

ON THE UNION OF PIETY AND MORALITY.

Acts, x. 4.-Thy prayers and thine alms are come up

for a memorial before God,

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SERMON II.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY.

Page

vii

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Psalm xxvii. 5.-In the time of trouble, he shall hide me

in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he

hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock,

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21.

SERMON III.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION UPON PROSPERITY.

Psalm i. 3.-He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers

of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his

leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall

prosper,

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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Short Account of the Life and Character of Dr Hugh

Blair,

Page

vii

SERMON I.

ON THE UNION OF PIETY AND MORALITY.

Acts, x. 4.-Thy prayers and thine alms are come up

for a memorial before God,

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SERMON II.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY.

Psalm xxvii. 5. In the time of trouble, he shall hide me

in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he

hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock,

SERMON III.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION UPON PROSPERITY.

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21

Psalm i. 3. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers

of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his

leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall

prosper,

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