CONTENTS. And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if SERMON IV. THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THE POOR. The poor have the Gospel preached unto them SERMON V. HEZEKIAH AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH. 2 Kings xix. 14. And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord 49 63 SERMON VI. CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD. John x. 11. Jesus said, I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep .................. 79 SERMON VII. CHARACTER AND PRIVILEGES OF CHRIST'S FLOCK. John x. 27, 28. My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand 91 ......... And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? O that SERMON X. THE UNSHAKEN FAITH OF JOB. Job xix. 23-27. 125 my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book!-That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!-For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.-Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another 147 SERMON XI. HOLY SCRIPTURE. Rom. xv. 4. Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning: that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope... 167 SERMON XII. THE JOURNEY OF THE EASTERN MAGI. Matthew ii. 1, 2. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the King, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him SERMON XIII. THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION. Romans viii. 15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father 185 201 Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? 233 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and know Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy SERMON XX. THE SUDDENNESS OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 2 Peter iii. 10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the 297 |