SERMON XIV. Rest for the Weary. Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. PART II. SERMON XVI. The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement. John, i. 29. 173 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. 198 SERMON XVIII. Voluntary Suffering. Isaiah, 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.. 209 SERMON XIX. Messiah suffering and wounded for us. Isaiah, liii. 4, 5. Surely he hath borne our grief and carried our sorrows.—He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed 219 SERMON XX. Sin charged upon the Surety. Isaiah, liii. 6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid upon him the iniquity of us All they that see me, laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him 240 SERMON XXII.. Messiah unpitied, and without Comforter. Psalm 1xix. 20. Reproach [rebuke] hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. SERMON XXIII. No Sorrow like Messiah's Sorrow. Lam. i. 12. 250 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow!. SERMON XXIV. Messiah's Innocence vindicated. Isaiah, liii. 8. 260 He was taken from prison and from judgement; and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 270 SERMON XXV. Messiah rising from the dead. Psalm xvi. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer SERMON XXVI. The Ascension of Messiah to Glory. Psalm xxiv. 7-10. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong, and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory 292 SERMON XXVII. Messiah the Son of God. Heb. i. 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? SERMON XXVIII. Messiah worshipped by Angels. Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God worship him... SERMON XXIX. Gifts received for the Rebellious. Psalm lxviii. 18. 302 313 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them SERMON XXX. The Publication of the Gospel. Psalm lxviii. 11. 324 The Lord gave the word, great was the company of those that published it [or, of the preachers]. SERMON XXXI. The Gospel Message, glad Tidings. Rom. x. 15. 335 [As it is written] How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. 346 SERMON XXXII. The Progress of the Gospel. Rom. x. 18. -Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed; saying, Let us break his bonds asunder, and cast away his cords from us 368 SERMON XXXIV. Opposition to Messiah in vain. Psalm ii. 4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision 379 SERMON XXXV. Opposition to Messiah ruinous. Psalm ii. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. 411 SERMON XXXVIII. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Rev. xix. 16. [And he hath on his vesture, and on his thigh a name written], KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS 425 PART III. SERMON XXXIX. Job's Faith and Expectation. Job, xix. 25, 26. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand in the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. SERMON XL. The Lord is risen indeed. 1 Cor. xv. 20. .... · 435 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept ... 448 SERMON XLI. Death by Adam, Life by Christ. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive 458 SERMON XLII. The general Resurrection. 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be |