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SERMON IV.
Faith in CHRIST.
JOHN VI. 37.
Page
-Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise caft out. 73
The Sinner fenfible of his Mifery and Helplessness, 74
And perfuaded of CHRIST's Power and Love, 75
Determines to rest upon him, and venture all his eternal Interests with him,
ibid.
More particularly, is come to him for Pardon and
Peace with GOD, through the alone Merit of his
Death and Righteousness,
77
And to be rescued from the Slavery of Sin and Satan,
78
And fubmits himself to be directed by his Word and
Spirit,
The Truth of Faith evidenced by its Effects,
79
80
By his Love of his Redeemer,
And by his Deliverance from the Dominion of Sin
and walking in Holiness,
82
And by his meekly following the holy Scriptures, 83
A daily Communication between the Savior and
real Believer,
84
The Foundation upon which this Intercourse ftands,
85, Sic.
The Believer is to labor after a deeper Senfe of his
being loft and undone in himself,
To be fenfible of his Infufficiency,
85
86
To aim at more enlarged Views of the Fulness of Christ,
To feek more and more after a Perfuafion of Chrift's
Love and Willingness,
.87
The great Bleffings the Believer enjoys in this Inter-
course,
88
Forgivenes
Forgiveness of Sins, Adoption, a Child-like Difpo
fition, the Care of a Redeemer, a delightful Fel-
lowship with the Faithful, a thankful Enjoyment
of all God's Creatures, a Hope of immortal Blef- fedness, Page 89,&c.
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SERMON V.
The Believer a new Creature.
2 Cor. V. 17.
99
If any Man be in CHRIST, he is a new Creature.
A Change wrought by the Grace of GoD upon the Heart properly called a new Creature, the assured Confequence and Evidence of Union with Chrift
100
The Author's Plan in defcribing the Character of the
new Creature,
103
The Sinner's Eyes opened to a right Sense of himself
The new Creature's main Bufinefs is the Care of his-
The carelefs Sinner the Reverse of this Character, 112
The Formalift's Character farther confidered, 116
The new Creature ready and peculiarly forward to
fpiritual Things,
--
117
He hungers after. Growth in his heavenly Bufine
and spiritual Concerns,
The new Creature's Character and that of the careless
-
122
Sinner's, quite different,...
126
SERMON.
SERMON VI.
2. COR. V. 17.
The three eminent Faculties of the Soul in great Dif- order by the Fall; namely, the Understanding, the Will, and the Affections, Page 130 Nason
The new Creature in the Apprehenfions of his Under-
standing with regard to the Perfections and Prefence
Concerning the Will of the new Creature,
The new Creature chooses God for his Portion,
'not the World,
The careless Sinner's Choice,
The Formalift's Choice,
The new Creature's Choice,
167
The new Creature choofes God's Will, and not his
own Pleasure,
The Formal and the Careless do not,
169, &c.
The
The Affections, the third Power of the Soul, what
they are, Page 174
The Workings of Love and Hatred, Hope and Fear,
Joy and Sorrow, different in the new Creature from
the Formalift and careless Sinner, 175, 176
-Love, the ruling Affection, employed about different
3.Things in the new and unrenewed Mind, 177
The new Creature's Love to GOD, to CHRIST, to the
HOLY GHOST, and to Men,
His Hatred,
178, &c.
182
His Hopes and Fears different from the natural Man, 184
His Foy and Sorrow also different,
SERMON VIII.
2 COR. V. 17:
188
The Expreffions or Exercises of the new Creature de- fcribed, with regard to his Thoughts, Words, and
Altions,
194, &c.
. With regard to Thoughts, he hath a serious Turn of
The great Evil of Profane Swearing,
211
The new Creature treats the Name of Gop with Re-
spect,
212
The new Creature hath a ftrong Defire to come to the
Ordinance of the Lord's Supper,
214
He is to make thankful Acknowledgments to his
Head, the Author of his new Birth,
CHRIST
!
CHRIST and the Promises are the new Creature's, P. 215
The new Creature is to come to that Ordinance, for
Strength and Growth in Grace,
216
SERMON IX.
2 Co R. V. 17
The new Creature's Course of Action reprefented nega- tively and pofitively,
220, &c.
He forbears all Things which he knows to be finful,
222
Whoever abides under the Power and Practice of any
known Sin, cannot be a new Creature.
Vain Pretences to excuse the great Sin of Drunkenness,
223
224
The new Creature hath not any thing in his Course
which he fufpects to be finful,
226
The renewed Man keeps from all needlefs Tempta-
tions,
229
The true-hearted Chriftian doth not come under the
Power of any lawful Thing,
232
His End in Sleeping, Dreffing, Eating and Drinking,
and Recreation,
232, &c.
The new Creature labors to give no Offence in any
thing,
236
The unrenewed Man doth not think about others, 237
The new Creature's Zeal and Manner of minding the
Things of others,
239
The wide Oppofition between the new Creature and the unrenewed Man, as to his Conduct,
240, &c.
The new Creature's Conduct represented positively, 243
His Plan and Aim is to live to the GLORY OF GOD,244
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