PLAIN DISCOURSES,

DELIVERED TO

A COUNTRY CONGREGATION,

BY THE

REV. W. BUTCHER, M. A.,

RECTOR OF ROPSLEY, LINCOLNSHIRE.

66 THE CROSS ONCE SEEN, IS DEATH TO EVERY VICE."

COWPER.

GRANTHAM:

S. RIDGE, HIGH-STREET.

LONDON R. GROOM BRIDGE, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

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MUSETE

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THOSE WHOM HE MOST LOVES IN THIS WORLD,

HIS TWO DAUGHTERS,

ELIZABETH MARY RAYMOND DE VERICOUR,

AND

EMMA HALL,

THESE PLAIN PRACTICAL DISCOURSES

ARE DEDICATED,

BY

THEIR AFFECTIONATE FRIEND AND FATHER,

WILLIAM BUTCHER.

ROPSLEY, JULY, 1844.

CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

MATTHEW, VI. 13.-Thine is the kingdom, and the power,

and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen.

SERMON II.

PSALM LXI. 1, 2, 3.-Hear my cry, O God! attend unto my

prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee,

when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that

is higher than I: for Thou hast been a shelter for me, and

a strong tower from the enemy.

SERMON III.

REVELATIONS, I. 7.—Behold he cometh with clouds, and every

eye shall see him, they also which pierced him: and all

kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.

SERMON IV.

JAMES, II. 20.-But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith

without works is dead.

SERMON V.

2 CORINTHIANS, IV. 17, 18.—For our light affliction, which is

but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and

eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things

which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for

the things which are seen are temporal; but the things

which are not seen are eternal.

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