Twelve sermons preached on several occasions. [electronic resource] : By George Stanhope, D. D. Dean of Canterbury, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. I. The Nature of that Obedience, which is the Condition of Salvation. II. Of God's deferring to answer those Prayers, which he intends at length to grant. III. Of Preparation for Death and Judgment. IV. The Perfection of Scripture Stated, and its Sufficiency Argued. V. A Sermon before the Sons of the Clergy. VI. The Happiness of good Men after Death. Vii. The Seaman's Obligations to Gratitude, and a good Life. Viii. The Case of Mistaken Zeal. IX. The Influence which National Deliverances, and the Preservation of True Religion, ought to have upon a People. X. The common Obstructions to Faith and a good Life considered. XI. A Thanksgiving Sermon for the Successes of the Campaign, 1710. XII. The Sin and Folly of immoderate Carefulness.