CONTENTS.

SERMON I.

MAN A SINNER.

" Few and evil have the days of the years of my life

been." Gen. xlvii. 9.

SERMON II.

THE EQUITY AND FULNESS OF REDEMPTION BY

JESUS CHRIST.

"A just God and a Saviour, there is none besides

me.

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends

of the earth."- Isaiah xlv. 21, 22.

SERMON III.

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LIFE FROM THE DEAD; OR, THE REGENERATING

POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.

"Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe

upon these slain, that they may live."-Ezekiel

xxxvii. 9.

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SERMON IV.

THE PRESENT HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound :

they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy coun-

tenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the

day: and in thy righteousness shall they be ex-

alted.-Psalm lxxxix. 15, 16.

SERMON V.

THE SCRIPTURAL USE OF THE MORAL LAW.

"But we know that the law is good, if a man use it

lawfully."-1 Tim. i. 8.

SERMON VI.

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THE WISDOM OF THE UNJUST STEWARD A PATTERN

FOR CHRISTIANS.

"The children of this world are wiser in their gene-

ration than the children of light."-Luke xvi. 8.

SERMON VII.

ON CHRISTIAN TEMPERS.

Put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and

beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness

of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one

another, and forgiving one another, if any man

have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave

you, so also do ye." -Col. iii. 12, 13.

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SERMON VIII.

ON THE OFFENCE GIVEN BY THE GOSPEL OF

CHRIST.

"Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in

me."-Luke vii. 23.

SERMON IX.

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GOD, AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER, REPENTING OF

THE EVIL THREATENED AGAINST HIS CHILDREN.

"And God saw their works, that they turned from

their evil way: and God repented of the evil that

he had said that he would do unto them, and he

did it not." - Jonah iii. 10.

SERMON Χ.

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GOD, AN ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN, DOING ALL HIS

PLEASURE.

"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as

nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the

army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the

earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto

him, what doest thou?"-Daniel iv. 35.

SERMON XI.

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER CONSIDERED.

"Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, de-

ceiving your ownselves." -James i. 22.

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SERMON XII.

ISRAEL AND ENGLAND COMPARED.

"Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and

because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet

thy God, O Israel."-Amos iv. 12.

SERMON XIII.

ON THE SPIRIT OF FAITH.

"We, having the same spirit of faith, according as

it is written, I believed and therefore have I spoken,

we also believe, and therefore speak."—2 Cor. iv.

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SERMON XIV.

THE INSTITUTION, INTENTION, AND NATURE OF

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

"Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore

let us keep the feast.”—1 Cor. v. 7. 8.

SERMON XV.

THE GOSPEL WEDDING GARMENT;

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OR, ALL ARE

NOT ISRAEL, WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL.

"When the king came in to see the guests, he saw

there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

"And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou

in hither, not having a wedding garment? And

he was speechless."-Matt. xxii. 11, 12.

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SERMON XVI.

ON THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST TO JUDGE THE

WORLD.

Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts:

But who may abide the day of his coming? and

who shall stand when he appeareth?"-Malachi

iii. 1, 2.

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SERMON XVII.

ON THE SUDDEN COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be

also in the days of the Son of Man."-Luke. xvii.

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