SERMONS

ON

THE FIFTY FIRST PSALM,

WITH OTHERS ON

DOCTRINAL & PRACTICAL SUBJECTS,

BY THE

REV. J. BULL, M. A.

CURATE OF CLIPSTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AND MASTER

OF THE ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL

IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

Pars hominum vitiis gaudet constanter; et urget
Propositum; pars multa natat, modo recta capessens,
Interdum pravis obnoxia.

HOR.

LONDON:

HATCHARD
AND

SOLD BY MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, AND CO. PATERNOSTER ROW;
AND SON, PICCADILLY; RIVINGTONS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD;
SEELEY AND SON, FLEET-STREET: ALSO, BY T. ABBOTT, MARKET-
HARBOROUGH ; DICEY AND SMITHSON, NORTHAMPTON ;
DASH AND SON, KETTERING; AND J. G.
BROWN, LEICESTER.

1824.

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R. J. WILMOT HORTON, Esq. M. P.

PATRON OF THE HOSPITAL AND FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

AT CLIPSTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,

IN WHICH

THE COMFORT OF THE AGED AND THE INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG

PREFACE.

THE following Sermons, which I have written at different periods, and preached in several Churches, have now been revised and prepared for the Press during a season of comparative leisure. It was not my intention originally, to solicit the names of Subscribers, but I was led to adopt this plan by a heavy domestic affliction. To those who have favoured me with their patronage, from a principle of benevolence and christian charity, I sincerely return my grateful thanks; at the same time I would indulge a fond hope that they will not be altogether disappointed by the work

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